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Modern Romanization of Russian Toponyms per UN Technical Reference: Phonological and Orthographic Analysis

Version 1 : Received: 7 June 2020 / Approved: 7 June 2020 / Online: 7 June 2020 (15:05:46 CEST)

How to cite: Zots, I.V. Modern Romanization of Russian Toponyms per UN Technical Reference: Phonological and Orthographic Analysis. Preprints 2020, 2020060095. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202006.0095.v1 Zots, I.V. Modern Romanization of Russian Toponyms per UN Technical Reference: Phonological and Orthographic Analysis. Preprints 2020, 2020060095. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202006.0095.v1

Abstract

The paper investigates the issues of transliteration of Russian toponyms in a city environment and studies the efficiency of the Technical Reference Manual for the Standardization of Geographical Names published by the United Nations group of experts. The paper demonstrates the feasibility of the UN and Russian official transliteration standards and compares the suggested theoretical models with the practical applications found on the street signs, labels, maps, and other sources of navigation. The author presents a comprehensive account of practical transcription methods used in Moscow and offers a solution to a number of issues and discrepancies between popular transliteration models and their real-life application.

Keywords

Romanization; urbanonyms; geographical names; practical transcription; city navigation

Subject

Social Sciences, Language and Linguistics

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