Russian Language Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for students, teachers, and linguists wanting to discuss the finer points of the Russian language. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
Well, as I practicing Russian writing and its languages. I just want to know if some other name can be translate into Russian?
For mine, Aaron can be translate into "Аарон". Any Russian can help me do translate on this some names:
Samuel
Aahmes
Jeffrey
Eduard
Cathleen
Lawrence
Janine
Neil
Steffie
Simon
Anyway, I just want to extend my knowledge in Russian about people names.
As for me, all of this names (except Eduard) - will be looking foreign for russian reader and probably should be just transliterated. Something like
Samuel - Сэмюэль, Сэмуэл
Aahmes - Эймс
Jeffrey - Джеффри
Eduard - Эдуард (more russian), Эдвард (more foreign)
Cathleen - Кэтлин
Lawrence - Лоуренс
Janine - Джанин
Neil - Нил
Steffie - Стеффи
Simon - Саймон
Some tip: there is "russian IMDB" http://www.kinopoisk.ru/ - so search for famous actor/actress with desired names and take russian translation for it.
When transcribing the names of contemporary people, you should follow the usual rules of English-Russian transcription. Thus said:
Samuel Самьюэл
Aahmes Амс
Jeffrey Джеффри
Eduard Эдуард
Cathleen Катлин
Lawrence Лоренс
Janine Джанин
Neil Нил
Steffie Стеффи
Simon Саймон
Note that transcriptions above reflect rules codified by Gilyarevsky and Starostin, Kuznetsova and others.
They do not necessarily reflect the actual pronunciations of the names by American or British English speakers (or in fact any variety of English) and are results of multiple compromises made when developing those rules.
Those rules are not in any way comprehensive, nor widely known to general public. That's why, especially with the advent of the Internet, you might find name of the same person transcribed dozens of ways. You can find Samuel Jackson's name transcribed as Самуэль, Самуэл, Самюэль, Сэмюэл, etc., with pretty much every possible combination of open/close versions of all three vowels and palatalized/unpalatalized final л.
When transcribing the names of historical persons, or European monarchs, or Christian saints, or in multiple other special cases, you should use historically accepted transcriptions of those names (or their origins):
Samuel the Prophet Пророк Самуил
Queen Aahmes Царица Яхмес
Jeffrey of Monmouth Гальфред Монмутский
Edward Longshanks Эдвард Длинноногий
Lawrence of Arabia Лоуренс Аравийский
Neil of the Nine Hostages Ниалл Девять Заложников
Simon Peter Симон Пётр
Original | Foreign variant | Russian variant
Samuel Сэмьюэл Самуил
Aahmes Эймс -
Jeffrey Джеффри/Джефри -
Eduard Эдвард Эдуард
Cathleen Кэтлин -
Lawrence Лоуренс Лаврентий
Janine Джанин -
Neil Нейл -
Steffie Стэфи/Штэфи -
Simon Саймон Семён
Samuel - Самуэль(Сэмюэл)
Aahmes - Эмэс?
Jeffrey - Джеффри
Eduard - Эдуард
Cathleen - Кэтлин
Lawrence - Лоуренс
Janine - Джанин
Neil - Нил
Steffie - Стэфи?
Simon - Симон(Саймон)
Samuel->Самуил,Eduard-Эдуард,Lawrence-Лаврентий,Janine-Янина,Simon-Семён