Helectionism

Helectionism: noun. Helectionism is an occurrence in linguistics that describes the ruleless translation of words from languages where "h" is replaced by "g" into languages which have both of these letters. For example, when the Russian river "Volga" is translated into Czech, the spelling changes to "Volha." However, when the Russian astronaut Gagarin is translated into Czech, his name remains the same, rather than changing to the obvious "Haharin."  This is a clear example of Helectionism, where a "g" is converted into an "h" only according to the whims of its translator, rather than following some clearly defined rules. Another example of such logic-lacking occurrence is when the word "glasnost" is not translated as "hlasnost," but as "publicita," which is obviously nothing but stupid.