Cyrillic names and titles are awkward in Latin-only systems, and a couple of Russian letters can be romanized in more than one accepted way.
Paste the Cyrillic here for a readable Latin spelling, then pick the convention you prefer for the few ambiguous letters.
How to use Russian to English Transliteration
- Paste Russian Cyrillic into the left panel.
- Read the Latin output and check letters like the yo and the shch sound.
- Copy the romanized Latin text from the right panel.
Use cases
- Romanize Russian names for forms and travel documents.
- Read Russian product titles and captions.
- Build search-friendly Latin spellings of Russian words.
Good to know
Some Cyrillic letters have more than one common romanization, so the shch letter may appear as shch or sch depending on the standard. The dotted yo and plain e can also look alike when the dots are dropped.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the shch letter spelled differently in places?
Romanization standards differ, so that letter is written shch in some systems and sch in others; both refer to the same Cyrillic letter.
How are yo and e handled?
Russian often prints the dotted yo without its dots, so romanization may read it as e unless the dots are present.
Is romanizing Russian the same as translating it?
No. It converts Cyrillic to Latin letters phonetically and does not translate the meaning of the text.