Akuperma, actually that was standard usage in pre-Artscroll Jewish translations. In fact, when Rav Kook went to London during WW1 he decided that he had to learn English but did not want to mevatel Troah so he studied English translations of the Chumash and Talmud. When he made his maiden speech one non-Jewish listener said “He speaks like a Prophet”. As for “Gd”, I have heard Orthodox rabbis use it and seen it written in Jewish publications.
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