Transliteration of Russian into English
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There exist many possible systems for transliterating Russian language and other languages that are written using Cyrillic alphabet into English or Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in English texts. It is also essential for the input of Russian text into computer by users who either do not have the keyboard or word processor set up for input of cyrillic, or else they are not capable of typing rapidly on the distinct cyrillic keyboard. In the latter case, they would type using a system of transliteration on the QWERTY keyboard and then use an automated tool to convert the text into cyrillic.
The following is the summary of commonly used transliteration system for writing English texts:
| Russian letter or letter combination | English transliteration | Special provisions | Examples |
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| А (а) | A (a) | None | Аник = Anik Поганкино = Pogankino |
| Б (б) | B (b) | None | Болотин = Bolotin Колбасин = Kolbasin |
| В (в) | V (v) | None | Воронин = Voronin Привалин = Privalin |
| Г (г) | G (g) | None | Галкин = Galkin Луговой = Lugovoy |
| Д (д) | D (d) | None | Дровяное = Drovyanoye Подгорск = Podgorsk |
| Е (е) | Ye (ye) |
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| E (e) | All other cases | Белкин = Belkin | |
| Ё (ё) | Yo (yo) | None | Ёлкино = Yolkino Озёрск = Ozyorsk |
| E (e) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Горбачёв = Gorbachev | |
| Ж (ж) | Zh (zh) | None | Жиров = Zhirov Приволжское = Privolzhskoye |
| З (з) | Z (z) | None | Зорин = Zorin Обозов = Obozov |
| И (и) | I (i) | Except in an -ий ending (see below) | Иркутск = Irkutsk Владивосток = Vladivostok |
| Й (й) | Y (y) | Except in -ый and -ий endings (see below) | Йошкар-Ола = Yoshkar-Ola Буйск = Buysk |
| I (i) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Край = Krai | |
| J (j) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | [Insert an example] | |
| К (к) | K (k) | None | Киров = Kirov Галкин = Galkin |
| Л (л) | L (l) | None | Лапинск = Lapinsk Комсомольск = Komsomolsk |
| М (м) | M (m) | None | Мичурин = Michurin Колыма = Kolyma |
| Н (н) | N (n) | None | Нальчик = Nalchik Савино = Savino |
| О (о) | O (o) | None | Одесса = Odessa Грозный = Grozny |
| П (п) | P (p) | None | Петроград = Petrograd Ставрополь = Stavropol |
| Р (р) | R (r) | None | Родниковое = Rodnikovoye Высокогорск = Vysokogorsk |
| С (с) | S (s) | None | Ступино = Stupino Бирск = Birsk |
| Т (т) | T (t) | None | Тавричанка = Tavrichanka Ростов = Rostov |
| У (у) | U (u) | None | Улетайск = Uletaysk Шушенское = Shushenskoye |
| Ф (ф) | F (f) | None | Фёдоровка = Fyodorovka Корфу = Korfu |
| Ph (ph) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | [Insert an example] | |
| Х (х) | Kh (kh) | None | Хабаровск = Khabarovsk Оха = Okha |
| Ц (ц) | Ts (ts) | None | Царское = Tsarskoye Зарецкий = Zaretsky |
| Ч (ч) | Ch (ch) | None | Черемшаны = Cheremshany Зареченск = Zarechensk |
| Tch (tch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | Чайковский = Tchaikovsky | |
| Ш (ш) | Sh (sh) | None | Шадрин = Shadrin Моршанск = Morshansk |
| Щ (щ) | Shch (shch) | None | Щукино = Shchukino Рощинскиc; = Roshchinsky |
| Sch (sch) | When it is a commonly accepted convention | [Insert an example] | |
| ъ (твёрдый знак) | omitted | When followed by е | Подъездной = Podyezdnoy |
| y | When followed by a vowel other than е | Подъярский = Podyyarsky | |
| " | When it is a commonly accepted convention | [Insert an example] | |
| Ы (ы) | Y (y) | Except in an -ый ending (see below) | Ыттык-Кюель = Yttyk-Kyuyel Давыдов = Davydov |
| ь (мягкий знак) | omitted |
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| y | When followed by a vowel other than е | Ильинский = Ilyinsky | |
| ' | When it is a commonly accepted convention | [Insert an example] | |
| Э (э) | E (e) | None | Элиста = Elista Тетраэдральный = Tetraedralny |
| Ю (ю) | Yu (yu) | None | Юрмала = Yurmala Козючинск = Kozyuchinsk |
| Я (я) | Ya (ya) | None | Ярославль = Yaroslavl Бурянск = Buryansk |
| кс | x | In names like Alexander and Alexey | Алексей = Alexey |
| Кс (кс) | Ks (ks) | In all other cases | Моксинский = Moksinsky Ксинск = Ksinsk |
| -ий and -ый endings | y | None | Синий = Siny Красный = Krasny |
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Transliteration_of_Russian_into_English" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration_of_Russian_into_English, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
