• balsoft@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    Yeah, Google Translate also translates carpet as “ковер” instead of the proper spelling (ковёр), and it actually does translate “carpet mold” as “ковер плесень” (instead of a more proper translation like “ковровая плесень” or “плесень в ковре”).

    I’d say it’s 99% google translate

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      3 hours ago

      Eh, both are proper spelling, I don’t think any Russian manual said it’s mandatory. The ë is used mainly in dictionaries, Russian schoolbooks, etc. where ambiguity should be minimal.

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        3 hours ago

        Fair enough. I tend to use it because it just reduces scanning ambiguity when reading text quickly.