How do you pronounce "Jakow Trachtenberg?"?

Question

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Answer 1

originally: Yakov Trakhtenberg

Americanized: Jacob Traktenberg

this is probably a Jewish name. so in Hebrew:

יעקב טרכטנברג YaʕaKOV (colloquially: YAkov) Trakhtenberg. this family name is of the type named after a place, probably a name of a town.

note that the consonant ע does not exist in European languages, it is a kind of soundless from deep throat, IPA: ʕ.