The practice of transcription from Modern Russian into Polish in the light of the rules of the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN (based on a research experiment)

Abstract

The article discusses the results of a research experiment performed on a group of students at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The students were asked to transcribe Russian texts into the Polish alphabet without any previous training in transcription. The aim of the study was to examine natural inclinations of Polish native speakers in terms of the transcription of the Russian language and to compare the results of the study with the rules of transcription and transliteration used by the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN. Another aim of the study was to confront the obtained data against the outcomes of the analysis of the transcription of Russian texts in the Polish press.