Transcription rules are not neutral. They reflect power relationships. “Krystsina Tsimanouskaya” says Reuters, “Krystina Timanovskaya” says the BBC. The world’s media cannot decide how to transcribe the name of the Belarusian athlete who fled Tokyo and is now safe in Poland.
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Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya poses with t-shirt with the lettering reading 'I just want to run' during a press conference on August 5, 2021 in Warsaw, one day after her arrival in Poland.
