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    Help with this sentence

    Hi,
    I need help translating a sentence into Russian. The sentence is:

    "How do you write your name in Russian?"

    Can anybody translate that for me? I used a computer translation program, which gave me this:

    Как Вы пишете ваше название на русском языке?

    I just wanted to check, as I know that sometimes a computer will give a literal translation of the words, rather than of the real meaning!

    Many thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to help me out!

    Regards,
    Claire

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    Sounds ok to me but I am the last authority to rely on.

    Maybe this would work too
    Как пишете вашa имя на русском языке?
    Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

    Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.

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    ваше имя - это транссексуальное слово.

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    Как ваше имя пишется на русском?

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    It could be "название" if you ask about a (the) name of an (the) establishment

    sorry, bloody articles!
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    Thanks for so many helpful replies! I did not realise that this sentence would be so complicated to translate!

    Some background: this is a question to a child, asking him/her what his/her name would look like when written in Cyrillic. It's for a "Cultural Evening" at school.

    I'm thinking that the best translation for my purposes would be:

    Как ваше имя пишется на русском языке?

    Would you experts agree?

    I think we need "имя" for name, rather than "название", is that right?

    Once again, I'm very grateful to all of your for your wonderful help!

    Thanks,
    Claire

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    Что значит “Как ваше имя на русском?”

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    What's your name in Russian?
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    I'd prefer "Как твое имя пишется по-русски?" "Ваше имя" is too formal when speaking to a child.

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    Это так же, как сказать “Что ваше имя на русском?”

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    basurero, you have not been paying attention. If you know English, then your proposal is about equivalent to saying "What your name in Russian?" which no English speaker would say. Likewise your Russian attempt. Read the above about как твое имя....

    And then when you want to ask What's the word for "car" in Russian, you won't (I hope) say "Что слово car по-русски."

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    I'd prefer "Как твое имя пишется по-русски?" "Ваше имя" is too formal when speaking to a child.
    Unless the child happens to be Tsar or something like that...
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    OK, decision made! I'm going with:

    "Как твое имя пишется по-русски?"

    Many thanks, gRomoZeka, and very good point about the informal address for a child.

    I'd like to thank everyone for the time and effort they put into this, I really appreciate it. This is a wonderful forum and you guys are awesome!

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