Editing Romanization of Russian (section)

{{short description|Romanization of the Russian alphabet}}
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{{For|the romanization of Russian used on Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Romanization of Russian}}

The [[romanization]] of the [[Russian language]] (the [[transliteration]] of Russian text from the [[Cyrillic script]] into the [[Latin script]]), aside from its primary use for including Russian names and words in text written in a Latin alphabet, is also essential for computer users to input Russian text who either do not have a keyboard or word processor set up for inputting Cyrillic, or else are not capable of [[typing]] rapidly using a [[Keyboard layout#Russian|native Russian keyboard layout]] ([[JCUKEN]]). In the latter case, they would type using a system of transliteration fitted for their [[keyboard layout]], such as for English [[QWERTY]] keyboards, and then use an automated tool to convert the text into Cyrillic.[[File:Pavel_Datsyuk_2016.JPG|thumb|150px|right|[[Pavel Datsyuk]] (Cyrillic: {{lang|ru|Павел Дацюк}}), a former NHL and international ice hockey player, wearing a sweater with Latin characters]]
[[File:Udaltsova Street sign.jpg|thumb|right|A street sign in Russia with the name of a street shown in Cyrillic and Latin characters]]