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[dismaldespot.livejournal.com]

So, for having never had any formal instruction in Russian, I'm not too bad at reading printed Cyrillic.

However, I simply cannot wrap my head around Russian script...

So if someone here could provide me with a Romanization or a translation of the following, I would very much appreciate it: http://i1.tinypic.com/nehwd5.jpg

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Comments

[gordin.livejournal.com]

Komandirskiye

means "Commander's" - supposedly used for naming type of watch, but I'm not sure about that.

[svyatogor.livejournal.com]

komandirckie.

sorry, i'm really in doubt about proper translation.

[dismaldespot.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's it. I just bought a watch on eBay that was made by the Восток company. That script is on both the box and the watch.

Thank you very much.

[gordin.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

Here then "Commander's" refers to a military officer - the watch have been designed for them.

[wildash.livejournal.com]

It was not easy even for me, native russian, to understand what is written there -)
Командирские

[b0bb.livejournal.com]

You must be kidding.
Quite standard Russian typeface.

[zarxos.livejournal.com]

To me, the м looked like a и, since there's no extra hook before it.

[b0bb.livejournal.com]

И would have connected with O by the line started at the middle/top of O, not at the bottom, so it's hard to mix - with proper experience.

[yms.livejournal.com]

The typeface is not so standard, writing of some letters (such as "д" or "р") was slightly changed to fit the style. The way "м" "grows" out of "о" is also non-standard, you can read "аи" instead of "ом". And this tail of the first "К"... All this makes it harder to read.

[platonicus.livejournal.com]

Not 'commander's' but 'officer's', I'd say

[gordin.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a word like "офицерские", huh? ;)
So commander is an officer here, byt the watch is named as it is.

[platonicus.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure - my English is far from perfect. But AFAIK 'commander' is more 'командующий' then 'командир', isn't it?

[khathi.livejournal.com]

That might date to prewar language, when Red Army stll officially hasn't any officers -- they were called commanders instead.
In modern English "commander" indeed points to position rather than rank (except navy rank of Commander) -- see terms like "commanding officer", "ship commander" and so on, while "officer" is a rank pointer.