Quote Originally Posted by Kudesnik View Post
The "translation" of Joseph to Russian is Иосиф (Iosif, Ee-oh-sif).
No way, the variant "Иосиф" is true only for Bible names, for instance Jacob = Яков, Josef = Иосиф, but in other cases (Literature, TV) Jacob = Джейкоб, Josef = Джозеф