Isekai Izakaya "Nobu" - Vol. 14 Ch. 83 - One Step

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The correct name is "Eva".

The reason she is called "Ēfa" ("エーファ") in Japanese is because they tried to follow German phonetics, where the "V" sounds closer to an "F". So "Efa" is more similar to how a German pronounces "Eva".
 
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"Efa" sounds cute in my head, and it fits her character. If it were Liontine's name instead, then "Eva". Just my two cents.

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Despite watching the anime, I somehow never caught the difference. Guess that means I'm fairly indifferent.
 
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You're not wrong, the change to Efa is rather jarring. I get it though considering I don't think the letter "V" is in the Japanese alphabet, but since it's translating a non-japanese name I would prefer her name return to being Eva because both I'm used to it, and that it sounds more like a real name instead of Efa.
 
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I’ve seen this exact translation discrepancy twice, the one before this was from Ascendance of Bookworm.

The fan translated it as Eva but the official translation was Effa.

I’m fine with whatever.
 
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Thanks so much for the scanlation! 🩷

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With regard to Eva/Efa:

I suspect it might be an attempt by the original mangaka to translate the Gaeltacht name Aoife, which is pronounced Eva (with a sort of soft v, since it's an f).
 

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