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Subject: Re: Russian transliteration

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Gary

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Date Posted: 17:33:17 25/04/2001
In reply to: David 's message, "Re: Proms 01: A pile of pants?" on 15:29:36 25/04/2001

From memory much of this, so please excuse me any typographers and/or native Russian speakers.

The 'kh' in Rakhmaninov is the correct transliteration, coming from the cyrillic character which looks like an 'x'. The 'ch' (which looks like a 'u' stuck on the top left side of an 'I') is the harder sound as in Tchaikovsky. The use of the 'T' in Pyotr Ilyich's name probably comes from the French transliteration of the 'ch', as can be seen in some French translations of the plays of 'Tchekof', as opposed to the English transliteration 'Chekov'. It is possible that the 'ch' in Sergei Vasilyevich's name also derives from French use. Of course, both 'kh' and 'ch' appear in Khachaturian.

Many transliterations also substitute 'f' or 'ff' at the end of Rakhmaninov, reflecting the pronunciation (the terminal 'v' being pronounced as an 'f') rather than strict transliteration.

The correct English transliterations are outlined in British Standard 2979:1958, and summarised in Hart's Rules.

Of course, none of this explains why the BBC use both...

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Russian transliteration	David	10:33:13 26/04/2001
Re: Russian transliteration -- Gary, 13:50:17 26/04/2001 Re: Russian transliteration -- David, 10:56:09 27/04/2001