It is possible, but it's not 1-to-1. There are many Romanian letters that have multiple counterparts in Moldovan Cyrillic. For example, the "i" in "pierdut" is written differently than the "i" in "eie"; the "i" in "avetzi" is written differently than the "i" in "domnului". Romanian also has the tendency to preserve the internationally recognised Latin spellings of foreign names rather than changing them to fit Romanian sounds. Moldovan, on the other hand, being written in Cyrillic as it is, usually writes foreign names phonetically, with the exception of those names whose native language is Cyrillic, the spelling of which it often preserves (for example, Romanian "gorbaciov" is written as "gorbacev" or "gorbacYOv" in Moldovan). Also, unlike other communities where conversion has already been discussed, for the Romanian Wikipedia to have Cyrillic conversion would be a nightmare -- many users would leave because of it, and the readership would decrease drastically when it got out that the Romanian Wikipedia can be viewed with one click in Moldovan-Cyrillic. The general Romanian dislike for anything perceived as Russian, including the Cyrillic alphabet, can also be seen on Wikipedia: even in their logo, they replaced the Cyrillic letter on the globe with a Romanian-Latin alphabet letter, something which no other Wikipedia has done. When they first did this, the font was really messed up for the text, so I just uploaded a new Romanian logo with the Cyrillic letter. That caused a lot of upset, though, and it ended up at the old logo. Now, imagine the upset if the entire WP had a button on-site to convert it into Cyrillic. Mark On 23/10/05, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- If you would like a gmail invite, please send me an e-mail. Si ud. querría que le enviara una invitación para juntar gmail, favor de envíeme un mensaje. Si vous voudriez que je vous envoie une invitation à joindre gmail, envoyez-moi s.v.p un message. Se vce. gostaria que eu lhe enviasse um convite para juntar gmail, favor de envie-me uma mensagem.

Well, the relationship between Russia and Romania is much worse. Russians don't really have problems with Romanians... Russophobia in Romania is largely relating to Moldova, which many (but not all) Romanians perceive as "stolen" from them by Russia. In reality, for most of its recent history, the current Republic of Moldova was independent, an Ottoman vassal state, or part of Greater Russia. Despite cultural ties to Romania, it was only united with Romania for 22 years. In the Romanian nationalist view, Bessarabia (current Republic of Moldova) was gradually "invaded" by Slavs while it was part of the Ottoman SoI -- not a real invasion, but more of an infiltration by gradual migration of Slavic traders. After that, Bessarabia was independent for 2 years. Then, the parliament (not the people) voted to unite with Romania by majority (there was a little bit of opposition). Ethnic minorities such as the Gagauz and Roma were not well-represented in this parliament, and it's quite possible that if they were properly represented, the outcome may've been different. After 22 years, the Russian empire "stole"/"invaded" Bessarabia. Years and years later, Romania "liberated" it, but soon after it was reclaimed by the Soviet Union. Now, while many Moldovans are proud of a separate identity from Romanians and consider themselves Moldovans, and the chances of a unification are very slim, especially given the huge size of ethnic minorities who oppose such a move (the Gagauz, the Ukrainians, and the Russians), many Romanians still consider that the Moldovans are their brothers, and that they continue to be oppressed by Russians. Well, the ruling government in Moldova is communist, but they are (supposedly) democratically elected, and opposition parties are legal and exist. In fact, if anybody's being oppressed, it's the Slavic minority whose languages, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Belarusan mainly, have 0 status in Moldova, even though they are spoken by a huge portion of the population. Many Romanians say "Oh well they're all just russofile soviet communist immigrants". This isn't true -- although many are immigrants, the majority are the children and grandchildren of immigrants, and consider themselves Moldovan. In addition, a significant portion of the Slavs already lived there before the Soviet era. both of her neighbours, the former Soviet bloc, and Romania. Russia isn't a direct neighbour, being separated by Ukraine. They feel that Russia tries to keep them too close, and that they try to manipulate them, and many feel especially abused by the Kremlin over the Transdniester issue. They also feel that Romania gives too much pressure in other ways, namely the unionist sympathies of many Romanians, and the distorted national consciousness that is shown by many Romanians and in most of the Romanian government. Romania also tries to butt into Moldovan internal affairs sometimes. Many Moldovans favor closer ties with the European Union, and I think many would be happier if Moldova were an island or if it were located between France and Germany than in its current position between two pushy neighbours. For these historical reasons, Romania is filled with a deep collective natural hatred for Russia and all things perceived to be Russian. Mark On 23/10/05, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote: -- If you would like a gmail invite, please send me an e-mail. Si ud. querría que le enviara una invitación para juntar gmail, favor de envíeme un mensaje. Si vous voudriez que je vous envoie une invitation à joindre gmail, envoyez-moi s.v.p un message. Se vce. gostaria que eu lhe enviasse um convite para juntar gmail, favor de envie-me uma mensagem.