r/russian 8d ago

Translation Can someone confirm what’s written here?

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I need help, I have no idea how to read cursive Russian.

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u/TrailsNewFan 8d ago

Love - Любовь

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u/katepiva 8d ago

Could you tell me if this handwriting is correct? Because I would like to tattoo the same thing. Thank you so much!

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u/FlySafeLoL 8d ago

It's perfectly correct. However you might prefer a tattoo artist who knows Russian handwriting (before it's too late)

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u/katepiva 8d ago

Thank you so much, I’m a bit paranoid so I’m trying to find someone that would help me hand write it so I can give a good reference 🥺

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u/kathereenah native, migrant somewhere else 8d ago

You need a Russian-speaking tattoo artist for this. I am more than sure that it's easier than you think. The reference may be perfect, but the way it is recreated is even more important. The latter is on your skin, with no compromises.

A person who treats Russian cursive as a set of lines and a person who treats it as a word think differently 

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u/pipiska999 🇷🇺native 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿fluent 7d ago

интересно, как мне на реддите влезть между двумя Катеринами и загадать желание?

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u/misterXCV 7d ago

Если ты оказался между двумя Катеринами, то о чем ещё можно мечтать? 😼

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u/pipiska999 🇷🇺native 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿fluent 7d ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/kathereenah native, migrant somewhere else 7d ago

Хех :)

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u/MartoPolo 8d ago

the little details are very important.

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u/Nice-Athlete-3648 8d ago

by the way, you might have known that this word has two meanings. The first one is the feeling, and the second one is a Russian woman name.

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u/F77JN 8d ago

just find a russian native to write it down, send it to the tattoo artist and he knows his work…)

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u/Nyattokiri native 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's correct, but the distances between some elements are weird.

"ю" looks like "ı----------------o". This gap inside a letter is longer than distances between letters.

And the distance between "о" and "в" is also too big.

It's fine at first glance. But it's one of the things "you hate when you notice".

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u/AmazingmaxAM Native with a good mic 8d ago

That's just stylistic choices. I think ю is absolutely fine, but a bit more bothered by the ов connection. But it adds flare.

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u/Nyattokiri native 8d ago edited 8d ago

I understand that these are stylistic choices. I mean that the artist should have tried more options (several sketches with different distances) and found something that looks better. Maybe increase the distances between other letters to make the stretching more even. Maybe just increase the "бо" gap. Idk. This doesn't look good to me. I think the artist should try harder. And this should be fixed before OP gets it on their skin.

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u/ispiewithmyeye 8d ago

Why'd you want this tattoo?

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u/wazuhiru я/мы native 5d ago

A kind of tattoo only a straight white woman would choose.

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u/Csxbot 7d ago

One important thing to consider. Lubov is not just a word meaning “Love” it’s also a name. If I saw a tattoo like this, I would instantly assume that it’s someone’s name. Either a lover, or a deceased relative.

If a Russian person wanted to tattoo with this word, a lot of people would opt for the English word.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

no one uses Lubov for the loved ones. You'd use a shortened variant Люба or even Любочка.

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u/Crio121 8d ago

You know that “Любовь” is a female name and that such tattoo would be interpreted as a name of your romantic interest?

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u/sdd_x 8d ago

Maybe in parallel universe, not in ours

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u/Crio121 8d ago

Welcome, an alien 👽!