Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF RUSSIAN WORDS The transliteration of Russian words in the present translation is strictly etymological, that is, the words are rendered precisely as they are spelled in Eussian, without any reference to their pronunciation. This method is the only rational one, as it is quite impossible in most cases to give a precise idea of the original pronunciation, while in some cases we get uncouth forms, such as the preposterous ending off, in which some translators revel. The only exception has been made in the case of the name Peter, which in Eussian is spelled Petr, to avoid the puzzling ending. Eussian pronunciation generally follows the spelling so closely that the reader will come very near the correct form if he shall give the vowels the Continental values (a like a in far, e like e in bet, i like i in hit, o like a in all, u like u in put, y, if not followed or preceded by a vowel, like y in pity), and the consonants their English values (g as in get, kh as ch in German ach, zh as z in azure, y before and after a vowel as y in yet). Those who want to approximate the correct pronunciation more closely must observe these additional rules: 1. E and i sound ye and yi respectively after d, t, l, r, and n, and e sounds also ye after b, p, m, and/. 332 PRONUNCIATION OP RUSSIAN WORDS 2. E beginning a syllable and in the beginning of a word is always ye. 3. E when accented generally sounds yo, but o after sh and ch (the index will indicate all the cases when e is to be read yo or o). 4. 0 before the accent sounds like short ah. 5. Final consonants sound hard, that is, g like k, d like t, b like p, v like /, z like s, zh like sA. Thus AndrSy sounds Andr-ySy (Engl, yea), by 1; Bostov--Bastof, by 4, 5; Baevski--Ba-yef-ski, by 2, 5; bnovnitsyn--K...
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Nikolai Tolstoy is a highly recognized and acclaimed historian and biographer. He was the sole beneficiary of his stepfather's will and is one of the trustees of O'Brian's estate.
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