Thread: Russian Cirilic names translate into Latin confused

Originally Posted by Alex80

It looks like you didn't read.
It is just relatively common rule in russian-english practice. It is not absolute, and it is controversial one.
Compare to "Genghis Khan" / "Чингиз Хан".

Actually I did read. But it's still strange. I can't imagine a Russian in Russia translating his own name from Mihail automaticly into Mikhael that just doesn't make Any sense.

I'm not talking About the correct English - Russian form. I want to know the correct Russian form in latin.

Originally Posted by Mihailo

Actually I did read. But it's still strange. I can't imagine a Russian in Russia translating his own name from Mihail automaticly into Mikhael that just doesn't make Any sense.

I'm not talking About the correct English - Russian form. I want to know the correct Russian form in latin.

An average Russian might go with Mihail for Михаил, yes. The thing is an average Russian doesn't really need to do this kind of transliteration on their own. Maybe when buying things off of an international web-store or something, but when it comes to credit cards, visas, international passports etc, the translitiration is done by people who know better These people will put Mikhail in there, I assure you. Why? Simply put, it's a common practice right now, the "rules" for it are all but set now. Then, an average Russian will just copy their Latin written name off of those official documents, bank cards when they need to do this themselves.