Talk:zek

Translit to English

Below is the translit to English è,č,ë are not English letters, 'j' does NOT = 'y'. See how wikipedia does it ... way better.

з = z; э = e (as in set); Thus зэк = zek

л = l (L)

ю = yu (not ju [that would be like in juke] ... ju is German translit of Russian)

ч = ch

ё = yo (not jo ... that is German translit)

н = n

ы = has no English equivalent, often written as 'y' except in a 'ый' diphthong.

й = again no English equivalent, similar in sound to и which is 'i'.

the 'ый' diphthong sounds much like 'ee' in English but often written 'y' (or sometimes ii) in translit.

Thus заключённый is zaklyuchyonny, stress is on the yo ... za-klyu-CHYON-ny --AnWulf ... Ferþu Hal! (talk) 19:32, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

See Wiktionary:Russian transliteration. Wiktionary's romanization for Slavic languages is based on the conventional romanization used in international linguistics (although for Russian, we unfortunately used our own bastardized transliteration/pronunciation scheme). It is intended to unambiguously represent the foreign orthography, and not meant to be “English.”

(Note that e is an English letter, and diacritics are used, and even required, in English. How else would you know that lamé, rosé, and exposé are not lame, rose, and expose?) —Michael Z. 2012-03-28 20:07 z