Thread: Russian Cirilic names translate into Latin confused

Originally Posted by Soft sign

I totally agree with you!
The thing is that it probably was not Russians who invented this. Since Russian has no official romanization system, other languages had to invent a way how to transliterate Russian words. Different languages use different systems. French transliteration used to be popular earlier. Now, when English is dominant, English transliteration is used most commonly.

It's a shame they don't have an official romanization of Russian created by Russia. It isn't that much work. Besides they would really help the Russians who live abroad in countries where Latin is used. They would actually help everybody lol. I don't see a reason not to do this.

Originally Posted by Mihailo

It's a shame they don't have an official romanization of Russian created by Russia. It isn't that much work
I don't see a reason not to do this.

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