Below is a table of correspondence between the letters of the Russian alphabet and the letters of the Latin alphabet.

Correspondence table of Russian letters to Latin letters
Russian	Latin	Russian	Latin
A	A	P	P
B	B	R	R
AT	V, W	FROM	S
G	G	T	T
D	D	At	U, OU
E	E	F	F, PH
Yo	YO	X	KH, H
AND	ZH	C	TS
W	Z	H	CH, TCH
And	I	W	SH
Y	Y	SCH	SCH
To	K	S	Y
L	L	E	E
M	M	YU	YU, IU
H	N	I	YA, JA
O	O

The table of correspondence of Russian letters to Latin can be useful when choosing a domain name, if the domain name should be read in Russian. The table is useful when creating file names that are intended for publication on the Internet. The correct Latin spelling of file names will undoubtedly tell the user that he is going to download from one link or another.

It does not hurt to remember the abbreviation "CHPU" (human-understandable URL) or the foreign expression "Friendly URL" (URL - Uniform Resource Locator, a unique address of a page on the Internet). These concepts mean the same thing, about readable and understandable addresses on WEB pages on the Internet. A friendly URL gives the user more confidence when he or she is considering whether or not to follow the given link.

It should also be noted that search engines are well able to read, as well as translate the names of the site pages and use them when responding to a search query. If a the page name contains the word from the user's query, then it is highlighted in bold in the search engine results. Little is known to what extent page names affect the relevance of a particular site when a search engine responds to a user query. One thing is for sure, "CNC" is useful for visitors to your site, which means they should be used. The table of correspondence to Russian letters of Latin analogues will help you with this.

A couple of CNC examples:

http://avto.ru/prodazha/bu_avtomobili/bmw_x5_2007.html
Reading this URL, it becomes clear that on the page it represents, there is an advertisement for the sale of a 2007 BMW X5 car.

http://lib.ru/arhiv/statya-kak-kormit-sobaku.html
Looking at this URL, you can tell that the link is an article that talks about how to feed a dog.

The examples show that the words in the page titles are separated by dashes and underscores. Folder names tell the user which group the page located at a particular address can be assigned to. Domain names make it clear what can be located on the expanses of sites that are linked to them.

Before as create a website page with a readable address, you can try to type the name of the page in Latin in the search for Yandex or Google. If the search engine tries to tell you how to write a query in Russian correctly, it means that the title of your page does not contain errors. Remember to remove all underscores and dashes from the page name before making a search query.

Online service: text transliteration- writing Russian characters in Latin.

About transliteration of Russian names and surnames

When filling out registration forms, questionnaires, drawing up various kinds of documents (for example, a passport or visa), you have to write your last name, first name, address in Latin (English) letters. This service allows automate translation ( transliteration) Russians letters in English.

How to write the last name and first name in English? How to correctly name a Russian site English letters? There are various systems or rules for the transliteration of names and surnames (transliteration of Russian words). They are based on the process of simply replacing the letters of the Russian alphabet with the corresponding letters or combinations of letters. English alphabet(see below). The difference between the systems of transliteration of names and surnames is observed when translating some letters, for example, E, E, Ъ, b and diphthongs (combinations of a vowel and Y).

A - A K - K X - KH B - B L - L C - TS (TC) B - V M - M H - CH G - G H - N SH - SH D - D O - O Щ - SHCH E - E, YE P - P b - Yo - E, YE R - R Y - Y Zh - ZH C - S b - Z - Z T - T E - E I - I U - U Yu - YU (IU) Y - Y (I) F - F I am YA (IA)

To translate english letters in Russians Paste the text into the top input field and click the "Make" button. As a result, in the lower input field you will get the translation of the Russian text into a transcript (Russian words in English letters).

Note. Since March 16, 2010, new Cyrillic transliteration rules for the Russian alphabet have been used when issuing a passport. The result may not match the old name, for example, on a plastic card. In order for the name to be entered correctly in the passport (as before), that is, so that it matches the name on a credit card or driver's license, you must additionally submit an appropriate application. Example: Julia new system will be Iuliia , most likely you will want Julia or Yuliya (which, in my opinion, is more harmonious).

When applying for a driver's license, a transliteration system is used that is different from a foreign passport, similar to the system for a US visa. At the request of the owner of the record in Latin letters in driver's licenses can

To get a transliteration (transcription) of Latin words online, enter/paste a word or text in Latin (up to 200 characters) and, if necessary, click the Translit button.

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Features of transliteration (transcription) of words / text in Latin

1. Latin characters of any case are processed; the result is given in Russian letters in lower case:

1. The following latin characters are processed with superscripts: ā ē ī ō ū ; â ê î ô û ; ă ĕ ĭ ŏ ŭ ; ǎ ǐ ǒ ǔ ě ; œ æ ; ў ỹ ȳ ; yo:

1. latin letter j in all positions is passed as [th]. The possibility of using the letter is taken into account i instead of j.

1. In the results of transliteration, the sign G conveys a fricative [γ] , sign ў - non-syllable sound [y]. Settings allow you to use instead of the sign G signs G or X, instead of the sign ў - sign in. For Android devices instead G the default is [ h].

1. The Tradition set of settings allows you to transliterate Latin words according to traditional rules (you can change any option using the settings). In particular:

• s, c, combinations ti;
• not taken into account positional options reading combinations ns, sm, prefixes ex-;
• combinations qu, ngu [kv], [ngv]:
• combinations ae, oe transliterated as [e]:

1. The Classic set of settings allows you to transliterate Latin words according to the classical rules (you can change any option using the settings). In particular:

• positional variants of reading letters are not taken into account s, c, combinations ti, ns, sm, prefixes ex-;
• combinations qu, ngu before u transliterated as [ku], [ngu], in other cases - as [kv], [ngv];
• combination ae transliterated as [e], oe- how [ӭ] :

• use u instead of instead of v not supported:

1. The Medicine preset allows you to transliterate Latin words according to the rules used for reading medical, biological, chemical Latin terms (any option can be changed using the settings). In particular:

• positional variants of reading letters are taken into account s, c, combinations ti, ns, sm, prefixes ex-;
• combinations qu, ngu before all vowels are transliterated as [kv], [ngv]:
• combinations ae, oe transliterated as [e]:

1. In the modes "Tradition", "Classic" in words of Greek origin s between vowels is correctly processed only in cases:

• if after there are combinations in the word th, ph, rh, ch, sm or letters y, z;
• if the word contains Greek term elements taken into account in the script:

Use the rule:

In words of Greek origin, the formal features of which are the letters y, z and combinations th, ph, rh, ch, sm letter s between vowels is always read as [With]: hypophysis [gipofisis].

1. Reading options at the junction of morphemes are taken into account in the following cases:

• in word forms sua:

• in forms on -nti-um:

• in forms comparative degree on the -t-ior-:

• in combination eu at the end of a word before m, s:

1. in forms on -e-und-:

1. if the word contains prefixes, term elements, words taken into account in the script:

1. The beats are not placed.

Use the rules:

1. In words of two or more syllables, the stress is never placed on the last syllable.
2. In words of two syllables, the stress is placed on the first syllable: ró-sa [ro-za].
3. In words of three syllables, the place of stress is determined by the penultimate syllable:

1. if the penultimate syllable has a long vowel or diphthong, the penultimate syllable is stressed: oc-c ī́ -do [ok-qi-do], the-s au-rus [te-sau-rus];
2. if the penultimate syllable has a short vowel, the stress is placed on the third syllable from the end: lí-qu ĭ -dus [li-qui-dus];
3. if the penultimate syllable has a vowel before two or more consonants, the stress is placed on the penultimate syllable: ma-gí s-t er [ma-gis-ter];
4. if the penultimate syllable has a vowel before a vowel, the stress is placed on the third syllable from the end: ná-t i-o[na-qi-o].

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

Writing Russian names on English language often causes difficulties - in many respects, because there are no uniform rules in this regard. However, a set of general principles can still be defined.

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

General rules for transliteration of names

The first thing to remember is names and surnames are not translated especially when it comes to documents and business correspondence. You should not pick up English-language counterparts and call Elena - Helen, and Michael - Michael. Instead, the name should be transliterated, that is, written in Latin. In this case, the following system of correspondence can be used:

A	A	Andrey (Andrey)	O	O	Olga (Olga)
B	B	Boris (Boris)	P	P	Pavel (Pavel)
AT	V	Valery (Valery)	R	R	Roman (Roman)
G	G	Gleb (Gleb)	FROM	S	Sergey (Sergey)
D	D	Dmitry (Dmitry)	T	T	Tatyana (Tatiana)
E	Ye/E	Yelena, Elena (Elena)	At	U	Ulyana (Ulyana)
Yo	Yo/E	Pyotr, Petr (Peter)	F	F	Filipp (Philip)
AND	Zh	Zhanna (Jeanne)	X	Kh	Khariton (Khariton)
W	Z	Zinaida (Zinaida)	C	Ts	Tsarev (Tsarev)
And	I	Irina (Irina)	H	Ch	Chaykin (Chaykin)
Y	Y	Timofe y(Timof th)	W	Sh	Sharov (Balls)
K	K	Konstantin (Konstantin)	SCH	Shch	Shchepkin (Schepkin)
L	L	Larisa (Larisa)	S	Y	M y skin (M s skin)
M	M	Margarita (Margarita)	E	E	Eldar (Eldar)
H	N	Nicholas (Nicholas)	YU	Yu	Yury (Yuri)
I	Ya	Yaroslav (Yaroslav)

Special rules for transliteration of names

In addition to the more obvious rules of transliteration, there are cases where it is not entirely clear how one or another name should be written. Let's look at these options.

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

• Daria
• Igor
• Olga

Letters S and Y transmitted by letter Y:

• Bystrov
• Sadyrova
• Mayorov

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

• White

Since the letter H in English sometimes it is not readable, for the transmission of Russian sound "X" combination is used KH:

• Akhmatova
• Rachmaninov - Rakhmaninov

Russian combination KS it's better to spell it out KS, but not X:

• Ksenia - Ksenia
• Aleksandr

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

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

Letter Yo usually written in 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, Piotr.

Letter W 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 an unpronounceable, at first glance, combination of letters SHCH.

The ending "-and I" can be transliterated as -IA or -IYA. However, to avoid unnecessary bulkiness, Y usually do not write:

• Maria
• Valeria - Valerie

Important note: transliteration when issuing passports

The rules for transliteration when applying for 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 to keep the original spelling of your name and surname when you receive a new passport, you can write a corresponding application to the issuing authority, duly substantiating your desire. The basis for such a statement 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 banking documents, including bank cards.

The writing of the Russian language is based on the Cyrillic script. However, most of the world's languages ​​use the Latin alphabet for this. Later in the article we will tell you how to write in Latin letters correctly. This is a very important skill that can come in handy in any situation. As an example, you need to be able to write your name correctly in Latin when traveling abroad.

History of the Latin alphabet

Historically, the Latin alphabet is divided into archaic and classical. The first one is very similar to Greek from which it probably originated.

The composition of the original alphabet included 27 letters, some of which were practically not used. The composition of the same classical alphabet included 23 letters. Latin was official language in Ancient Rome, and thanks to Roman expansion, this alphabet became widespread. In the process historical development a few more letters were added to the Latin alphabet, and at the moment the "basic Latin alphabet" has 26 letters and completely coincides with modern English.

However, almost every language that uses the Latin alphabet today has its own additional Latin characters, such as the letter "thorn" (Þ), which is used in Icelandic. And there are many examples of such expansion of the Latin alphabet.

And how to write uppercase Latin letters that are included in the "basic Latin alphabet"? There are several rules. And according to them, some capital letters are small copies of capital letters, while some of the letters are slightly different.

Russian Latin

The very first cases of using the Latin alphabet for writing East Slavic languages ​​date back to the period of the 16th-17th centuries, when the Latin alphabet appeared in the documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Commonwealth.

Later on the territory Russian state The question of changing the Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet was repeatedly raised. At first, this idea came to Peter I, who, against the background of the economic transformations of the European bias, also conceived the language reform. However, Peter never fulfilled his desire.

Calls for a change in the alphabet intensified even more in the 19th century. Representatives of the “Westernizers” movement especially advocated for this. And again, there was no change in the alphabet. After all, the opponents of the Latin alphabet had many supporters. Including Minister Uvarov, the author of the theory of official nationality. The introduction of the Latin alphabet, according to opponents of the transition, would mean the loss of cultural uniqueness.

After October revolution the Bolsheviks planned to translate all nationalities into the Latin alphabet. Several options for the Russian language have been proposed. However, the period of "Latinization" quickly ended, and the leadership of the USSR began, on the contrary, to translate all languages ​​into Cyrillic. After that, the issue of changing the alphabet in the USSR was closed.

After the fall of the communist regime, the issue of the parallel circulation of the Cyrillic alphabet with the Latin one, as in Uzbekistan, was also repeatedly raised, but the public blocked such proposals. Despite all the ambiguity of this issue, the introduction of the Latin alphabet could be useful for the Russian language. This would make it open to further cultural expansion. But the introduction of the Latin alphabet in Russian has a small minus - it will be difficult for the older generation to understand how to write in Latin letters.

Transliteration from Cyrillic to Latin

There are no uniform rules for transliteration from Cyrillic to Latin. However, at present in Russian Federation a certain standard is used, which is followed by employees of the Federal Migration Service.

It is periodically criticized, but accepted as official. It replaces with phrases letters that are not in the Latin alphabet: E, Sh, Shch, Yu, Zh, C, Ch, Ya. The rest of the letters are actually identical to their Latin counterparts.

How to write a last name and first name

Usually this procedure must be completed when obtaining a foreign passport or visas. All documents that require transliteration are filled out according to the ISO 9 rule, which is followed by the Federal Migration Service. According to this rule, surnames are translated into Latin. We offer you a transliteration scale.

Thanks to this table, any word written in Cyrillic can be written in Latin. For example, Ivanovich in Latin will be Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich.

Conclusion

Disputes about which alphabet the Russian language needs do not subside for a long time. Each of the opinions has its own advantages and disadvantages. Discussions have been going on in our country for centuries, and there is no end in sight yet. However, being able to write in Latin letters is quite an important skill. It can be useful when obtaining a foreign passport, visa, paperwork in other states.

In this article, we showed how to write your first and last name in Latin letters correctly. But that's not all. Using the table given here, you can write any Cyrillic word in Latin. We hope that after reading this article you have understood how to write in Latin letters.