Hey I am trying to translate a label on a fur hat to see what kind of fur it is
the word looks like this 6EnAPYCb this is in all caps on the label ( i think )
I did some translating and 6EnKA is squirrel - is this maybe a type of squirrel
I tried fox mink racoon muskrat fox etc with no luck
Thanks for your help in advance, Comrades!
I did some more guessing, could it be russian squirrel?
Yes, “Belka” is Russian for “squirrel”. The Latin transliteration of that word, however, is “BELARUS”.
Yes, it’s Belarus - presumably that is the country in which the hat was made. Nothing to do with squirrels, I’m afraid.
is " 6EnAPYCb " BELARUS in russian?
thanks for the reply!
Well, it’d be “Беларусь”.
Yes. See the Russian alphabet. That “b” at the end is actually the “soft symbol”, Ь, which softens the “s” sound.
If the encoding works, this should be what it looks like: БЕЛАРУСЬ
Б=B
Е=E
Л=L
А=A
Р=R
У=U (“oo” sound)
С=S
Ь=soft sign.
Incidentally, “бела” means “white” — the old name for Belarus in English was “White Russia”. I still have an old atlas at home that calls it this.
Can I e-mail you a pic to see if you can translate the rest?
Here is my address johnmichaeltrout@hotmail.com
Thanks so so much, I have been trying for hours trying to use Eng to Russian translator to no avail…
The pronounciation of the “softened” С is made with the mouth stretched a little bit (somewhat like a smile), by the way.
Yes, the literal translation of Belarus is “White Russia”, and Belorussians are “White Russians”. When the adjective is not part of a compound word, however, it is written “белий”.
Crescend seems to be more clued up on Russian than me, so he/she’s probably your man/woman 
Mmmm…I loves me some White Russians.
Oh! Nevermind…
Ya ne gavaryu pa-Russki. 
Johnny did you get mail?
Thanks again everyone!
No, not yet. I’m off to get ready for work.
(I really don’t speak Russian, BTW. 
)
He means me, I put “Johnny Johnson” as the name on my Hotmail blind-drop account. 
And yes, I sent the reply.
Thanks again man, for all those intersted, it turns out to be Belarusian not Russian…
When I was at work, I wondered if I had been whooshed. I get a lot of spam with Cyrillic titles.
No kidding! You buy one single Russia mail-order bride and the next thing you know, you’re inundated with Cyrillic spam! What a world… what a world…