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it's just transliteration issues
Evgenia Medvedeva
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it's just transliteration issues
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That's how you can transliterate it, really. i before ia. Although I prefer it with just one i.
One thing I wish they did is transliterate her first name as Yevgenia, to be honest. It just sounds terrible when it's not pronounced like that. It's almost as bad as "Ekaterina" not being pronounced as "Yekaterina" - Completely ruins the name.
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I would have rather transliterated it as "Evgeniya" instead.
Similar to "yu" in "Yulia" and "ya" in "Lipnitskaya" - it is not "Iulia Lipnitskaia".
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https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/figure-skating/athlete-profile-n3036248-alina-zagitova.htm
wow alina listed zhenya as her hero. dont know that
wow alina listed zhenya as her hero. dont know that
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That’s really sweet. Those two girls are a great example of true sportsmanship.
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In Bulgarian we only have a hard 'E' and use that instead of the russian 'YE' to say names like Evgenia and Ekaterina (which are popular here as well). So to me Yevgeniya sounds unusual....And the two languages are very similar, mind you. Goes to show how tricky these things can be, kudos to everyone who tries to pronounce names the way they are by natives to said language. It's fine if you simply can not articulate a foreign sound the right way, but a basic respect is nice, instead of the "I'm gonna butcher the name anyway so I'm not even gonna try" mentality.
It's also a matter of tradition. Even those Russians who know how English 'W' is pronounced, pronounce the skaters' names as "Veir" and "Vagner". As well as English speakers spell and pronounce "Shoma" and "Higuchi", while Japanese (and Russians) say "Söma" and "Higuti".
By the way, written Bulgarian is the most intelligible foreign language for a Russian, even more than Ukrainian or Belarusian. No wonder you prefer a spelling that is close to the original.
It's from this interview: https://rsport.ria.ru/interview/20171105/1128263235.html
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162 !!! she grew
Alina 155 (?) they looked similar stature in Europeans
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162 !!! she grew
Alina 155 (?) they looked similar stature in Europeans
Zhenya looks a tad bit taller for me.
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That's sweet! I do really believe they are good friends and support each other despite the media trying to make up the tension between them....
They are most likely not BFF due to their age gap but they are good friends and teammates, who help each other grow and develop as skaters.:agree:
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Really? :O Do you think so? Even more than Ukrainian and Belarusian?By the way, written Bulgarian is the most intelligible foreign language for a Russian, even more so than Ukrainian or Belarusian. No wonder you prefer a spelling that is close to the original.
https://rsport.ria.ru/interview/20171105/1128263235.html
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Cool but did they suddenly change her name's transliteration because they feel like it tho?
Also, cant watch because it's not available in my country :sad21:
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Seems to be blocked for most countries. Another link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33XNTD3Rtf0
Probably to make it look more like Yuri.
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Every year, dozens of russian die of name butchering because of transliteration inconsistency...
Well at least they didn't write Yevgeny Medvedev like I saw in some posts elsewhere that make me wonder who's that russian guy for 5 s.
AHHHH, the schedule of PC is screwed up! , the last practice session ends like only 1h before actual competition, really?????
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I am glad that they chose the Olympic blue dress
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Thank you so much for the YT link.
I hope she loves it when she sees it Her love for anime is well known all over fs world and some of anime world thanks to her YoI support and her viral Sailor Moon EX, hope this being shown in the US makes her even more relatable and loved by more people <3
I hope she loves it when she sees it
Her love for anime is well known all over fs world and some of anime world thanks to her YoI support and her viral Sailor Moon EX, hope this being shown in the US makes her even more relatable and loved by more people <3Similar threads
