About Russian and East Block languages

RUSSIAN
Both neutral Russian translation (for Moscow) and expatriate Russian translation (for the United States) are provided for documents, technical papers, human resources and marketing. Neutral Russian is the target market Moscow and the Russian federation areas. “Expatriate” Russian is generally for Russian populations living in the United States, who may have come from the country of Russia or other Russian-based areas, and whose use of Russian language has been adapted to living in an English-based culture, and whose children are often educated in English, speaking Russian at home.

Translation for documentation, software, marketing materials and web sites in Cyrillic are surprisingly easy to handle when client and translation company work closely together. Voices are recorded in Moscow and also Russian anchors for CNN and BBC. The Russian culture does not respond well to marketing hype, but does respond well to modernity, cutting-edge applications, and technical teamwork. For web sites and web work, once the browser has been properly set to Cyrillic Russian characters, the site will appear in lovely Russian for viewers properly equipped for Russian.

POLISH
Translation for both Polish for Warsaw and expatriate Polish for the United States are provided for documents, technical papers, human resources and marketing. Polish translations for Poland are translated in Warsaw, and voices are recorded in Warsaw. The Polish language has changed immensely in the recent years, due to technology and the break with the Russian block . “Expatriate” Polish is generally for Polish populations living in the United States, whose families have come from Poland, and whose use of Polish language has been adapted to living in an English-based culture, and whose children are often educated in English, speaking Polish only at home.

Translation for documentation, software, marketing materials and web sites in Polish are surprisingly easy to handle when client and translation company work closely together. Although Polish is based upon A-B-C letters, there are very special accented letters that are not available in English based graphic systems and font choices. Thus, compatibility for fonts and character sets is an important issue to be handled quickly at the beginning of any project. Or, @International Services can provide all documents as PDF, or artwork as bitmap files to avoid preparing the client’s machine for Polish compatibility. For web sites and web work, once the browser has been properly set to each language set, the site will appear with proper text and accents for properly equipped viewers.

CZECH, SLOVAK, HUNGARIAN AND EAST BLOCK
The East Block languages include Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Rumanian, Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian. Translation and localization is provided for documents, product and software localization, marketing, and human resources. Professional voice talents are recorded in Hungary, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.

Although these languages are based upon A-B-C letters, most have very special accented letters that are not available in English based graphic systems and font choices. Thus, compatibility for fonts and character sets is an important issue to be handled quickly at the beginning of any project. Or, @International Services can provide all documents as PDF, or artwork as bitmap files to avoid preparing the client’s machine for compatibility. For web sites and web work, once the browser has been properly set to each language set, the site will appear with proper text and accents for properly equipped viewers.

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