UKRAINIAN-ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION TABLE
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On 19 April 1996, an official Ukrainian-English transliteration system was adopted by the Ukrainian Legal Terminology Commission (Decision N 9).

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• Use of the approved system is not mandatory for the transliteration of foreign names into Ukrainian.
• Transliteration should be made directly between Ukrainian and English without the use of any intermediary languages.
• Decision 9 9, in accordance with the Legal Terminology Commission s express authority, is binding only for the transliteration of Ukrainian names in English in legislative and official acts.
• For brevity's sake, the system routinely allows for names such as the city of 'Zaporizhzhia' to be given as 'Zaporizhia,' 'L'viv' as 'Lviv,' etc. Also included is a short list of official spellings for miscellaneous terms: 'Ukraine' (no use of the article 'the'), 'Crimea' (as opposed to 'Krym'), 'Black Sea,' and 'Sea of Azov'. In certain cases, 'traditional' forms may be shown in parentheses after the official form: 'Dnipro (Dnieper).'
• In addition, apostrophe marks and softening marks may be omitted upon transliteration into English.

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Ukrainian letter	English letter	Note	Example
А	А	-	Алушта - Alushta
Б	B	-	Борщагівка - Borschahivka
В	V	-	Вишгород - Vyshhorod
Г	H, gh	Н-in most cases, gh - when recreating the combination “зг”	Гадяч - Hadiach;Згорани - Zghorany
Ґ	G	-	Ґалаґан - Galagan
Д	D	-	Дон - Don
Е	E	-	Рівне - Rivne
Є	Ye, ie	Ye - at the beginning of words, іе - in other positions	Єнакієве - Yenakiieve;Наєнко - Naienko
Ж	Zh	-	Житомир - Zhytomyr
З	Z	-	Закарпаття - Zakarpattia
И	Y	-	Медвин - Medvyn
I	I	-	Iршава - Irshava
Ї	I	Yi - at the beginning of words, і - in other positions	Їжакевич - Yizhakevych;Кадіївка - Kadiivka
Й	Y, i	Y - at the beginning of words, і - in other positions	Йосипівка - Yosypivka;Стрий - Stryi
К	K	-	Київ - Kyiv
Л	L	-	Лебедин - Lebedyn
М	M	-	Миколаїв - Mykolaiv
Н	N	-	Ніжин - Nizhin
О	O	-	Одеса - Odesa
П	P	-	Полтава - Poltava
Р	R	-	Ромни - Romny
С	S	-	Суми - Sumy
Т	T	-	Тетерів - Teteriv
У	U	-	Ужгород - Uzhhorod
Ф	F	-	Фастів - Fastiv
Х	Kh	-	Харків - Kharkiv
Ц	Ts	-	Біла Церква - Bila Tserkva
Ч	Ch	-	Чернівці - Chernivtsi
Ш	Sh	-	Шостка - Shostka
Щ	Sch	-	Гоща -Hoscha
Ь	‘	(see commentary)	Русь - Rus’; Львів - L’viv
Ю	Yu, iu	Yu - at the beginning of words, iu - in other positions	Юрій - Yurii;Крюківка - Krukivka
Я	Ya, ia	Ya - at the beginning of words, іа - in other positions	Яготин - Yahotyn;Iчня - Ichnia
‘ (apostrophe)	“	(see commentary)	Знам’янка - Znamianka