在将对象变量传递给网络图之前将其更改为缩写

I have an array with nodes and edges and I would like to change the name of each company to abbreviation so for example Anglo American would be AA and delete from those strings plc is it possible without copying this object to a different 'var' and then modyfing the data and passing to d3.layout?I have an array with nodes and edges and I woul