• MimicJar@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Because his name is “Володимир Зеленський”, but neither you nor I know how to pronounce that so it is converted to “Volodymyr Zelenskyy” or a slight variation since there isn’t a direct translation or there are multiple translations.

    Different news outlets have different rules, so some articles spell it differently.