Pravdateam/Lexicon

This section of the Style Guide contains ready-to-use translations of some set expressions, clichés, proper nouns and adjectives.

Please note that this section is a structural element of the Style Guide and therefore is obligatory for each translator working or volunteering for the project.

If the word or phrase is included into the Lexicon, then it shall be used while translating for Ukrayinska Pravda. If you consider some spelling to be incorrect, please use the discussion page. Please do not change anything without the prior discussion.

Last Names
Akhmetov Bezsmertniy Bohatyrova Chernomyrdin Chernovetskiy Chornovil Gongadze Holovaty Hrushevskiy Kipiani Klitschko (an exception due to his wide name recognition in the West) Kostenko Kuchma Lukashenka (NOT Lukashenko) Lutsenko Lytvyn Medvedchuk Melnychenko Moroz Omelchenko Poroshenko Putin Rybachuk Shevchenko Tarasyuk Tomenko Tymoshenko Yanukovych Yekhanurov Yushchenko Zinchenko Zvarych

First Names
Anatoliy Andriy Bohdan Borys Evhen Heorhiy (BUT  Georgiy Gongadze, because Gongadze himself used this spelling) Hryhoriy Leonid Kateryna Maria Markian Mykhailo Mykola Oleh Oleksandr Olena Olha Pavlo Petro Raisa Rinat Roman Ruslan Ruslana Serhiy Svitlana Taras Vakhtang Vasyl Viktor Vitaliy Volodymyr Vyacheslav Yaroslav Yevhen Yulia Yuriy

Countries and Nationalities
Argentina, Argentine, Argentines Armenia, Armenian, Armenians Austria, Austrian, Austrians Australia, Australian, Australians Azerbaijan, Azeri, Azeris Belarus (NOT Belarussia), Belarusian, Belarusians Brazil, Brazilian, Brazilians China, Chinese, Chinese Czech Republic, Czech, Czechs England, English, English Estonia, Estonian, Estonians Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptians Finland, Finnish, Finns France, French, French Georgia, Georgian, Georgians Germany, German, Germans Greece, Greek, Greeks Ireland, Irish, Irish Israel, Israeli, Israelis Italy, Italian, Italians Japan, Japanese, Japanese Kazakhstan, Kazakh, Kazakhs Korea, Korean, Koreans Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz Latvia, Latvian, Latvians Lithuania, Lithuanian, Lithuanians Moldova, Moldovan, Moldovans Norway, Norwegian, Norwegians Poland, Polish, Poles Portugal, Portuguese, Portuguese Russia, Russian, Russians Slovakia, Slovak, Slovaks Slovenia, Slovene, Slovenes Spain, Spanish, Spanish (Spaniards when referring to a specific group of people) Sweden, Swedish, Swedes Tajikistan, Tajik, Tajiks Turkey, Turkish, Turks Turkmenistan, Turkmen, Turkmen United Kingdom, British, British United States (also United States of America), American, Americans Uzbekistan, Uzbek, Uzbeks

Political Parties
Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) Our Ukraine People’s Union (NSNU) (use “the” when alone; do not use “the” when followed by “party”) Party of Regions (PR) Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (PPPU) People’s Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) Pora Reforms and Order Party (PRP) Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) (SDPU(o)) Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) (can be abbreviated to Socialist Party on second reference) Ukrainian People’s Party (UNP) Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT)