Here's a little reference guide for the altered names encountered in the retranslations. Most of the changes (particularly in the case of place names) are justified in the Xenogears Reference Encyclopedia-- this way, the originally intended references are reinstated. In other cases, the changes simply reflect a literal translation of some terms that were 'doctored up' to sound better in English. (Incidentally, I like most of these changes. But using them is counter to my goal in this project.) Finally, in the case of character names, I have several intents: ease of pronunciation, preservation of integrity to the Japanese version, or whatever I think looks nice. If I like the look of the English version name better, I stick with it. It's my project, I can do what I want to.

Original Version English Version Retranslation Location Names イグニス Ignas Ignis ブレイダブリク Bledavik Breidablik ノアトゥン Nortune Noatun エルル Elru Elul エテメンアンキ Etrenank Etemenanki Character Names フォン・フェイ・ウォン Fei Fong Wong Fong Fei Wong シタン・ウズキ ヒュウガ・リクドウ 先生 Citan Uzuki Hyuga Ricdeau Doc Shitan Uzuki Hyuga Rikudou Sensei エレハイム・ヴァンホウテン 対存在 Elhaym Van Houten Antitype Elehaym Van Houten Counter-existance カレルレン Krelian Karellen バルトロメイ・ファティマ 若 Bartolomew Fatima Young one Bartolomew Fatima Waka エメラダ Emeralda Emeralda Miscellanius Names アニマの器 Anima Relic Anima Vessel ゲーティアの小鍵 Gaetia Key Lesser Goetia Key 教会 Ethos Church アーネンエルベ Anonelbe Ahnenerbe 崩壊の日 Days of Destruction Days of Collapse

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