WORD to PDF conversion

[VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI)]

On that topic (which has strayed a long way from the initial Word to PDF
conversion):  as Russian tennis players get more exposure on television,
their names are butchered on a regular basis by commentators as well.

Incidentally, the majority of the Russian cosmonauts who train here have, I
think, simply given up on getting their names pronounced correctly by most
Americans (eg., KRIKalev instead of KrikalYOV, Usachev instead of UsachYOV).
Sometimes, I guess it's important to know which battles are worth fighting.

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul B. Gallagher [mailto:paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:44 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] WORD to PDF conversion


Charles Mills wrote:

> They've been having the same trouble in the NHL:  Put in Hasek and
> Fedorov, and the diacritics are lost!  So far this hasn't affected
> French players, though, whose names are still pronounced correctly.

You call "Lemioux" correct!?

My favorite Russian mispronunciation is "HIM-a-lev" (Khmylev), with
stress on the imaginary syllable and none of the retained vowels
correct, and "FED-a-rahv" is a close second.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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