THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK
Constance Garnett translation
DMITRI NIKOLA’ITCH RU’DIN. DAR-YA MIHA’ILOVNA LASU’NSKY. NATA’L-YA ALEX-YE’VNA. MIHA’ILO MIHA’ILITCH LE’ZH-NYOV (MISHA). ALEXANDRA PA’VLOVNA LI’PIN (SASHA). SERGEI (pron, Sergay) PA’VLITCH VOLI’NT-SEV (SEREZHA). KONSTANTIN DIOMIDITCH PANDALE’VSKY. AFRICAN SEME’NITCH PIGA’SOV. BASSI’STOFF. MLLE. BONCOURT.
In transcribing the Russian names into English—
a has the sound of a in father. er,, air. i,, ee. u,, oo. y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of the word. g is always hard.