Cyrillic to Latin Transliteration
Type or paste Cyrillic text and get its Latin transliteration instantly. Two modes: readable text, or a URL-friendly slug (lowercase, hyphens) for websites and file names.
How to use
Paste text into the left box; the transliteration appears on the right with a one-click copy button. Switch on “URL slug” mode to strip punctuation, replace spaces with hyphens and lowercase everything — ready to use as a page address.
The tool uses the common practical scheme: ж → zh, ч → ch, ш → sh, щ → sch, ю → yu, я → ya. Both people and search engines read it correctly.
FAQ
What is transliteration used for?
Typing Russian names in Latin-only systems (email, bank forms, gamer tags), creating readable URLs for websites, naming files that must survive any operating system, and messaging on keyboards without Cyrillic.
Which transliteration scheme does the tool follow?
The common practical web scheme: е/ё → e/yo, ж → zh, й → y, х → h, ц → ts, ч → ch, ш → sh, щ → sch, hard/soft signs are dropped, ю → yu, я → ya.
Is this suitable for passports and official documents?
Official documents use the ICAO machine-readable standard, which differs in details (й → i, ю → iu). Use this tool for the web and file names; for documents, match the spelling in your passport.
Does it handle Ukrainian or Kazakh letters?
Core Cyrillic letters convert correctly; language-specific letters (і, ї, є, ғ, қ and others) are mapped to their closest Latin equivalents.