Kishinyov or Chisinau

Russian translation: Chişinău

12:26 Apr 3, 2008

English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Kishinyov or Chisinau

Eсли в свидетельстве о рождении написано Кишинев, что писать по-английски - Kishinyov или Chisinau?

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Tania Samsonova KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Canada
Local time: 03:47

Russian translation:Chişinău

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova

В Википедии встречается и Kishinev и Chişinău. Я думаю, что в случае с свидетельством о рождении следует смотреть на дату рождения. Если это до 1991 г., то выбрать Kishinev, как это было принято для названия столицы Молдавской ССР. А вот после 1991 г. независимая Молдова свою столицу стала называть уже по-своему - Chişinău (не забудьте про диакритические знаки). То же самое как в советские времена было принято писать Kiev, Kharkov, Zaporozhye для названия украинских городов, а сейчас Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya.

Selected response from:

Viktor Yatsenko
Local time: 09:47

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Chisinau

Olga and Igor Lukyanov

3 +3

зависит от года выпуска документа

Ruslan Datkayev

4 +1

Chişinău

Viktor Yatsenko

Kishinyov

Anna Mirakyan

2 +1

Kishinev

Nurzhan KZ

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

kishinyov or chisinau Kishinyov

Explanation:
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Anna Mirakyan
Armenia
Local time: 11:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Armenian

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

kishinyov or chisinau Kishinev

Explanation:
можно еще

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Note added at 3 мин (2008-04-03 12:30:27 GMT)
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можно еще это добавить это в список...

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Note added at 6 мин (2008-04-03 12:32:51 GMT)
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хотя Chisinau - гуглится на 4 млн

Nurzhan KZ
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of:

Kazakh
PRO pts in category: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

kishinyov or chisinau зависит от года выпуска документа

Explanation:
Для документа Моладвской ССР - Kishinyov/ Kishinev (Chisinau), для документа Молдовы- Chisinau.

Ruslan Datkayev
Kazakhstan
Local time: 13:47
Native speaker of: Russian

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

kishinyov or chisinau

Chişinău

Viktor Yatsenko
Local time: 09:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Ukrainian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks!

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

kishinyov or chisinau Chisinau

Explanation:
А как бы Вы написали, если бы был город Москва? Не Moskva же.

Вот из Википедии - The country's main cities are the capital Chişinău, in the center of the country,

При переводе на англ нужно писать название, принятое в язіке перевода. ИМХО.

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-04-03 12:49:57 GMT)
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Chişinău is also known in Russian as Кишинёв (Kishinyov), and in Polish as Kiszyniów. It is written Kişinöv in the Latin Gagauz alphabet. During 1940-1941 and 1944-1989, it was also written as Кишинэу in the Moldovan Cyrillic alphabet. Historically, the English language name for the city was based on the modified Russian "Kishinev" since it entered the English language via Russian at the time Chişinău was part of the Russian Empire (e.g. Kishinev pogrom). Therefore, it remains a common English name in some historical contexts. Otherwise, however, Romanian-based "Chişinău" has been steadily gaining wider currency, especially in the written language.

Olga and Igor Lukyanov
Canada
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 4

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