Amusing debate over language in Ukraine -- and a question

[Maria M. Dmytrieva]

first of all, he's ethnical Bielorussian.
then, this difference emegres when translation into English is done
either from Russian or from Ukrainian.
compare Kyiv vs. Kiev, Mykola vs. Nikolai and so on.

> <http://eye.moof.ru/note/6767.html>

> Might be an interesting starting point for a guided discussion in the
> classroom. Obviously, there are some misconceptions you'd want to
> correct, but part of college education is learning to sort the wheat
> from the chaff and do critical thinking, right?

> I was originally looking for information on Yanukovych's background, to
> learn whether he was Ukrainian (Ukr. Янукович pron. "Януковыч" in Ukr.
> but spelled "Янукович" in Ru. and hence mispronounced as if "Януковіч")
> or whether he was Russian (Ru. Янукович => Ukr. Януковіч, or perhaps
> retaining the Ru. spelling in Ukr. and hence mispronounced as if
> "Януковыч"). The vast majority of Ukrainian sites use "Янукович," so I
> assume the Ukrainians pronounce [y], and CNN seems to agree with its
> transliteration "Yanukovych," but today's NY Times has "Yanukovich" side
> by side with "Hryhoriy M. Nemyria"
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/international/europe/02ukraine.html>,
> which could mean they don't know what the heck they're doing, or could
> mean he's a Russian... Can someone straighten me out?

> P.S. The /Times/ also has "Yelena Grimnitskaya" for "Олена Громницька" =
> "Елена Громницкая" (Kuchma's spokeswoman). The first "i" is obviously a
> typo.

> --
> 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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