text - Adobe illustrator: symmetrical editing of card indices (A, K, Q, J, etc.)

I have a set of playing cards in FXG format serving as asset for a Flex card game.

However the indices of the cards are in English language: A, K, Q, J and my game is in a different language.

My question is - how can I replace the indices in a clever way, i.e. so that the new indices are aligned symmetrically and I don't have to spend hours rotating and aligning them?

Below is a screenshot of what I have, the indices are on separate layers already and I can select them by clicking the "circles" in the layers menu:

For the screenshot above: I need to replace the both "A"s by my own indices.

Answer

An easy method.. via Symbols.

Type your new character.

Select the new character with the Selection Tool (Black Arrow) and drag it to the Symbols Panel. Your character will now appear to be a box, not live text.

Copy, rotate, and position the symbol so it overlays both areas as you want.

When you need to update the letter, double-click the symbol in the Symbol Panel. Alter the text, and hit the ESC key twice.

All instances of the Symbol will be updated to reflect the change.

Be certain the type is center aligned when you create it. It will make alignment of the later characters easier. If you don't center-align the initial character, subsequent symbol edits will cause the characters to move out of alignment.