Any way to change system sounds such as File Copy Completed sound?

Hi folks,
When I copy or move a file, Finder makes a sound — as you know. The particular sound it makes did not sit well with me when I first heard it (new to Mac). It sounds like an alert for a system error, or that copy failed. I thought I would get use to it, but alas, I have not.
Is there a way I can change the sound that is used to notify me when a file copy operation has completed?
With much thanks,
Jonathan

Thanks for the info.
So I gather there is no official osx supported way to modify system sounds?
I got used to the fact that in Linux and Windows I can specify whatever sound I like for whatever system event I like.
Not the case on OSX?
It begs the question, why did Apple choose such an odd sound for "file copy complete"? To me it sounds like an error occurred or the copy failed. I am getting use to it, but would have liked to be able to change system sounds, without hacking sound files.

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