Talk:Sofia Vakman

Name spelling
Sofia Vakman appears to be the more common transliteration in English. See for example the handful of hits on Newspapers.com (none for "Sofiya" or "Sofya"). Hameltion (talk &#124; contribs) 03:41, 11 February 2024 (UTC)


 * "Sofiya" is the spelling used in Shostakovich: A Life Remembered by Elizabeth Wilson, which is where I got the idea to make this article. I had been consulting it when creating Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva and thereafter worked on Vakman's article concurrently.
 * Searching online right now suggests that you're correct and that "Sofia" may be more common. These results can sometimes be misleading, however. Google Ngrams would be helpful here; unfortunately, its results are inconclusive. BGN/PGCN, which I typically adhere to, recommends "Sofiya".
 * I'm not attached to any one spelling. Whichever one is the more commonly used is fine with me. My only concern is with how a potential spelling change may affect this article's forthcoming DYK. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't be an issue for DYK at all, hook can be edited. I hadn't tried books, but that also seems to prefer "Sofia" (3.5 pages of Google Books results vs 1 for "Sofiya", 0.5 for "Sofya", and 0.5 for "Sophia"). Hameltion (talk &#124; contribs) 04:40, 11 February 2024 (UTC)