Transliteration - writing Russian words in Latin letters. Translator into Latin online

When working at a computer, there are times when we come across a transliterated text, i.e. with writing words of the Russian language (Cyrillic) in Latin letters.

For example, if we find ourselves abroad or in some Internet cafe, etc., and the computer we want to use does not have a Russian keyboard layout, then in such cases it becomes quite difficult to type Russian text.

In such situations, a transliterator (abbreviated as translit, or Cyrillic converter) can be helpful. The principle of transliteration is simple - by pressing keys with Latin letters, we get the Cyrillic alphabet.

Or this situation: for example, we live in Russia, we speak and write in Russian, and we have on our computer operating system with support for Russian fonts. But our friend or acquaintance lives “abroad” and there are no Russian fonts on his computer, so he cannot write to us in Russian.

He knows Russian, but he simply cannot type text in Russian on his computer, so he uses transliteration and writes Russian text in Latin letters.

And usually in such cases we can get a message that might look something like this:

Hello Max! Write tebe v translite, potomu chto u menya na komp’yutere net russkih shriftov.

If we know Latin letters, we can easily understand what is written in the message:

Hello Max! How are you? I’m writing to you in transliteration because I don’t have Russian fonts on my computer.

But if we receive a similar message written in transliteration that is much larger in volume, then quickly reading a large text becomes more difficult. Therefore, in such a situation, a transliterator can also help, quickly translating this message into Cyrillic.

There are different online services and programs that perform text transliteration. Let us first pay attention to three online text transliterations, from simple to more advanced.

Translit online - to translit and from translit to Cyrillic

If we just need to translate the text into transliteration, or we have received a transliterated message and it needs to be translated into Cyrillic, i.e. into Russian, then we can use, for example, a simple service: .

We translate the text into transliteration:

We translate the text from translit into Cyrillic:

All that remains is to select the text and, by right-clicking, select Copy for further use of the selected text.

You can also use another service for transliterating text: translit translator online.

This is the same as in the previous service described, only here a button has been added To buffer, which corresponds to the action of selecting and copying text. This service also provides a virtual keyboard for typing:

An even more advanced service for text transliteration: Translit.

This service was specially developed for Russian-speaking residents of the CIS countries who are abroad and want to correspond in their native language. And this service has even more possibilities than the previous ones.

There is no particular need to describe it in detail in this article, since there is also help on its use with a clear description:

Although about some interesting features I still want to mention this service.

For example, those who are computer literate can use a virtual Russified keyboard and touch-type in Russian even on computers that do not support the Russian language.

Translit service It can also translate words into other languages ​​(although I personally prefer to use it), look up the meaning of words in dictionaries, and several other useful functions.

Also available here mobile version translit: http://translit.ru/classic/ for working in browsers of phones, smartphones, as well as computers on which the browser does not support JavaScript:

Program for translation from translit into Russian and back

There are also various programs that transliterate text, but since novice users in most cases do not often have to deal with transliteration, therefore I will not focus on the programs for now.

But if someone still needs a transliterator program, then you can, for example, use the NI Transliterator program, trying to figure it out yourself (if you are asked to prepare instructions for installing and using this program, I will take note).

Every language has such a category of words as proper names: first names, surnames, all kinds of names. Each of us has at least once been faced with the need not to translate, namely write Russian word in English. For example, when we are dealing with names, surnames, names of cities, streets, and various establishments (such as cafes, restaurants, hotels), we need to convey the sound of the word and make it readable in English. The names of cultural and religious events, names of holidays, national elements that are not in English-speaking culture also require transmission in English, because we communicate about these things with foreigners, talk about our country and culture.

There are rules for this purpose transliterations - a method of writing words of one language using the means of another. Each letter of the Russian alphabet (Cyrillic alphabet) has a corresponding English letter (Latin alphabet) or combination of letters.

There are many transliteration systems and standards. But first, let's talk about transliteration standards. Now that almost everyone has a passport, when we travel abroad and fill out documents and forms for English, you just need to know the rules of transliteration that are accepted in the world.

Below are options for transliteration of letters and combinations of the Russian alphabet:

Russian letters	English letters and combinations

Soft sign and solid sign are not transmitted in writing. Some letters are represented by combinations of two letters, and the letter Ш - by a combination of four: shch.

For example:

Surname Shcherbakov will be written Shcherbakov.

Vowels E And Yo transliterated as YE if they appear at the beginning of a word or after a vowel:

Yezhov
Yezhikov
Sergeyev

In the Russian language, letter combinations are often found Y with vowels, and each of the combinations has a correspondence:

Russian combinations	English combinations

Many countries have transliteration rules for international passports. In Russia, for example, the following rules apply for foreign passports:

A-A, B-B, B-V, G-G, D-D, E-E, E-E, F-ZH, Z-Z, I-I, J-I, K-K, L- L, M-M, N-N, O-O, P-P, R-R, C-S, T-T, U-U, F-F, X-KH, C-TC, Ch-CH, Sh-SH, Shch-SHCH, Y-Y, E-E, Yu-IU, I-IA.

Transliteration of first and last names for international passports occurs according to this standard using a special program into which your data is entered in Russian. If you have a foreign passport, you must use the spelling of your first and last name that is presented in the document.

Transliteration is used not only when preparing documents. We have already mentioned groups of words for which we use transliteration. For example, in English texts easy to meet words borshch, pelmeni, matryoshka, Perestroyka and many others that have no equivalent in English.

Or perhaps you remember the times when mobile phones did not support the Russian language, and we exchanged SMS in English. At the same time, everyone intuitively invented their own rules of transliteration. Reading these messages was not easy, but very funny. For example, to transmit a letter AND used the letters G, J, Z, ZH. With letter Y it was generally difficult: it was written as I, U, Y, JI. Those days are long gone, but the need to master the transliteration system has not disappeared, but, on the contrary, has increased. Use the knowledge you have gained and communicate in English fluently. Good luck to you!

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What would you think - everything is serious here. The US State Department has developed a whole philosophy theory for translating the letters of the Cyrillic alphabet into Latin. Here is their achievement:

A - A	I - I	C - S	b - goes down
B - B	Y - Y	T - T	Y - Y
B - V	K - K	U - U	b - lowered
G - G	L - L	F - F	E - E
D - D	M - M	X - KH	Yu - YU
E - E, YE	N - N	C - TS	I am YA
E - E, YE	O - O	CH - CH
F - ZH	P - P	Ш - SH
Z - Z	R - R	Ш – SHCH

This table is accompanied by comments that delight our ears ( Well, it’s not just us who have to understand the intricacies of reading in English, even if they suffer with our language). For example:

1. Letters E And Yo are transmitted identically ( apparently E is a ghost letter): E , YE .
Parfenov - Parfenov
Elena - Yelena

2. However, if you need to emphasize the pronunciation [yo] in the letter Yo, then it is denoted as YO :
Peter - Pyotr (Shaitan, how can the US Department understand when to emphasize [yo] and when not to?)

3. Letter E transmitted as YE only if it is at the beginning of a word, after a vowel or the letters b, b. In other cases - E.
Medvedev - Medvedev
Yeremin

4. Letters E And E are transmitted in the same way (except for the cases with E, described in paragraph 3) - i.e. E.
Elina - Elina

5. Mysterious letters Y And Y are designated as Y .
Hasymov
Raykin - Raykin

6. Endings YY And II are also designated as one letter - Y .
Dmitry
Bravy

7.b And Kommersant are beyond the understanding of foreigners, and therefore are not designated in any way.
Marya
Lifting - Podyomny

8.Yu And I are designated accordingly YU And YA .
Julia - Yuliya

9. Favorite Russian letters AND And X in English they also have something in common and are designated accordingly ZH And KH .
Zhirnov
Mikhail

10.C turns into T.S., A H- V CH .
Tsareva - Tsaryova
Black - Chernyh

11. The rest of the hissing sizzles are even more exotic: Sh - SH, A SCH- long-suffering SHCH .
Shalyapin
Shchitov

But in general, besides this American system There are several other transliteration options. Our GOST, for example, with some different nuances.

S is like dollar in English

Writing your full name in English is now more or less clear ( you can practice with all your might on your friends). But what it is like for foreigners to communicate verbally can be understood from the invented international phonetic alphabet.

Imagine calling your boyfriend on the phone and saying something mysterious: D asha, U liana, R ita, A Nna, TO atya. And you hang up. Let him guess. If he decides that this is a list of girlfriends that you found out about, then it really is the same one. (For those who drive a tank in neutral, a hint: look at the bolds.)

When transmitting an important message, it is customary for us to convey each letter as female name, which begins with it. For example, A - Anna, M - Maria. For English speakers, everything is more mundane:

A - Alfa B - Bravo C—Charlie D - Delta E - Echo F - Foxtrot G - Golf H - Hotel I - India J—Juliet K—Kilo L - Lima M - Mike

N—November O - Oscar P - Papa Q - Quebec R - Romeo S - Sierra T - Tango U - Uniform V - Victor W - Whiskey X - X-ray Y—Yankee Z - Zulu

This system is used in the military, telecommunications, aviation and other fields where it is necessary to verbally transmit texts with high accuracy, in which each letter can literally cost the life of another person. And try to tell representatives of similar professions that the English alphabet is not so important - better idioms learn.

Now you have the opportunity to dictate your email address without the “s like a dollar”, “i with a dot” and “h like a chair” :)

Correspondence between Russian names and English names

The only thing left is to introduce yourself to the foreigner in such a way that you won’t be painfully ashamed of your name. You risk being misunderstood (and in this series, only irregular verbs are good in English). Because Nastya, for example, in their understanding will be associated with “disgusting” (nasty - disgusting), and Svetlana - with “sweaty Lana” (sweat). And English-speaking comrades will not be able to pronounce some names at all: for example, those that end in a soft sign, because in English consonants are not softened. Therefore, Judith, Igor and other names will still end phonetically rigid. But the luckiest of all are probably Sergei and Ivan: the former, however, are already doing well here (that’s why many introduce themselves as Seryozha or Serge), but Vanya only in the USA become iPhones (almost relatives of iPhones).

How to make life easier for foreigners without losing face? Here is a small selection of adapted Russian names:

Alexander - Eligzande (Alexander)
Anatoly - Anatole
Andrey - Andrew (Andrew)
Vasily - Basil
Benjamin - Benjamin
Vincent - Vincent
Gabriel - Gabriel (Gabriel)
George - George
Daniel - Daniel
Eugene - Eugene
Ephraim - Geoffrey
Ivan - John, Ivan (John)
Elias - Elias
Joseph, Osip - Joseph (Joseph)
Heraclius - Heracles
Charles - Charles
Claudius - Claude
Leo - Leo
Matthew - Matthew
Michael - Michael (Michael)
Nicholas - Nicholas
Pavel - Paul
Peter - Pete (Peter)
Sergey - Serge (Serge)
Stepan - Stephen, Stephen (Steven, Stephen)
Fedor - Theodore
Jacob - Jacob

Agnes/Agnia - Agnes
Alice - Alice
Anastasia - Anastacia
Antonina - Antonia
Valentina - Valentine
Valeria - Valery
Barbara - Barbara
Dasha - Dolly Dolly (Dorothy)
Eve - Eve
Eugenia - Eugenie
Catherine - Catherine, Catherine (Catherine)
Elena - Helen
Joanne, Jean
Zoe - Zoe
Irina - Irene
Caroline - Caroline
Laura - Laura, Lauren (Laura, Lauren)
Maria - Mary (Mary)
Natalia - Natalie
Polina - Polina (Paulina)
Rita - Margaret
Sofia - Sophie
Suzanne - Susan (Susan)
Julia - Julia

Have you found yourself? It's time to choose an adapted name for yourself, memorize the nuances with Ш, Е, И and other letters for registration of a foreign passport - and go on a trip with your full name in English or to the registry office;)

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Enter the text in Russian letters:

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How to say in Latin letters:

Why translate Russian letters into Latin?

Since our Russia is not very good yet rich country and most companies cannot afford to organize the distribution of free samples to advertise their products, then at the moment Most freebie offers come from abroad.

Since the most common language is English, order forms for free samples are often in English.

The address information and full name of the recipient in such forms must be filled out in Latin. Since both our postmen and those companies that distribute freebies will understand the Latin alphabet.

If you write in Russian, then there is a risk that the organizers of the action simply will not want to spend time translating and understanding what is written there.

If you write in English, then our postmen will not understand who and where to deliver.

The most the best option is to write the freebie delivery address and the full name of the freebie recipient in Latin.

Now the Internet is full of different translators, but most of them are either not convenient or take a long time to search for.

We suggest constantly using our free translator of Russian text into Latin.

When you order freebies through forms written in English, write your delivery address and full name in Latin.

Our free, simple and convenient service will allow you to translate Russian text into Latin. When we order samples from foreign sites, we always do this and get a freebie, not always of course :-), but it comes. So the method is correct.

There is nothing more natural than starting to learn English by writing own name letters of the Latin alphabet.

Writing Russian names in English often causes difficulties, largely because there are no uniform rules in this regard. However, the set general principles can still be determined.

• Read further in our article about the special transliteration rules currently used when issuing foreign passports.

General rules for transliterating names

The first thing to remember is first and last names are not translated, especially when we're talking about about documents and business correspondence. You should not select English-language analogues and call Elena Helen, and Mikhail Michael. Instead, the name should be transliterated, that is, written in Latin. In this case, you can use the following correspondence system:

A	A	Andrey (Andrey)	ABOUT	ABOUT	Olga (Olga)
B	B	Boris (Boris)	P	P	Pavel (Pavel)
IN	V	Valery (Valery)	R	R	Roman
G	G	Gleb (Gleb)	WITH	S	Sergey (Sergey)
D	D	Dmitry (Dmitry)	T	T	Tatyana (Tatyana)
E	Ye/E	Yelena, Elena (Elena)	U	U	Ulyana (Ulyana)
Yo	Yo/E	Pyotr, Petr (Peter)	F	F	Philip (Philip)
AND	Zh	Zhanna (Zhanna)	X	Kh	Khariton
Z	Z	Zinaida (Zinaida)	C	Ts	Tsarev (Tsarev)
AND	I	Irina (Irina)	H	Ch	Chaykin (Chaykin)
Y	Y	Timofe y(Timofe th)	Sh	Sh	Sharov (Sharov)
K	K	Konstantin (Konstantin)	SCH	Shch	Shchepkin (Shchepkin)
L	L	Larisa (Larissa)	Y	Y	M y skin (M s skin)
M	M	Margarita (Margarita)	E	E	Eldar (Eldar)
N	N	Nikolay (Nikolai)	Yu	Yu	Yury (Yuri)
I	Ya	Yaroslav (Yaroslav)

Special rules for transliterating names

Apart from the more obvious rules of transliteration, there are cases where it is not entirely clear how a given name should be written. Let's look at these options.

Letters b And Kommersant are not transmitted in transliteration. Using an apostrophe (") in their place is also not recommended:

• Daria - Darya
• Igor
• Olga - Olga

Letters Y And Y transmitted by letter Y:

• Bystrov
• Sadyrova
• Mayorov

If the last name ends with "th", remains in transliteration "-y":

• White

Since the letter H sometimes unreadable in English, to convey Russian sound "X" combination is used KH:

• Akhmatova
• Rakhmaninov

Russian combination KS better to convey in letters KS, not X:

• Ksenia - Ksenia
• Alexander - Alexander

If the letter E denotes one sound (as in the name Vera), it is represented by a Latin letter E—Vera. If it denotes two sounds (after soft sign), it is transmitted by the combination YE— Astafyev.

But: If E stands at the beginning of the name, both options are possible: the name Elena can be written as Elena or Yelena.

Letter E usually written the same way as E, but if you want to emphasize the pronunciation of the name, then you should use the letter combination YO— Fyodor, Pyotr.

Letter Ш can be written in the form SCH, but in German this combination will be read as "sh". In order to avoid confusion, it is recommended to use a seemingly unpronounceable combination of letters SHCH.

End "-and I" can be transliterated as -IA or -IYA. However, to avoid unnecessary bulkiness, Y usually don't write:

• Maria - Maria
• Valeria - Valeria ​

Important note: transliteration when issuing international passports

Transliteration rules for issuing foreign passports often change. At the moment, as of 2015, the following transliteration rules apply (we present the differences from the main table):

• Previously, when issuing foreign passports, the rules of GOST R 52535.1-2006, introduced in 2010, were used.

If you want the previous spelling of your first and last name to be retained when receiving a new passport, you can write a corresponding application to the issuing authority, duly justifying your desire. The basis for such an application is the presence of documents with a different spelling of your first and last name: passports, diplomas, residence permits, visas, as well as other registration and bank documents, including bank cards.