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Cyrillic keyboard and Russian text display issues Office
Solutions for Cyrillic keyboard users
Working with the Russian Language Having your words translated from English into Russian obviously plays a major part in establishing a business presence within the Russian market. However, in order to fully capitalise on this step, you will need to be in control of how those words are administered throughout your business structure. For example, if you wish to print out a Russian sales letter, will your printer recognise the Cyrillic symbols? What if you need to edit or change a Russian presentation? What if your computer will not display the Cyrillic text? Where can you find a Cyrillic keyboard? There are two ways of dealing with these situations. One is to contract out all of the Word Processing and formatting work to a company with the specialist knowledge to deal with such complications, and the other is to adapt your hardware and software programmes to incorporate Cyrillic into your working environment. Contracting out We can offer different services to you with regards to the administration of your written words. The Russian language has different characteristics which set it apart from English and some of these can cause problems when adapted to certain software or word processing systems. We can take away these problems by offering to handle all of your word processing and DTP needs. We have extensive software and printing capabilities allowing us to prepare business cards, letters, brochures, etc... To discuss matters in greater detail, and receive a quote matched to your specific needs, please drop us a line. We can take away many of the complexities of the Russian language and work with you, either on a retainer, or on a 'per job' basis. Website localisation to Russian can also bring with it many difficulties with regards to site coding and character recognition. If not correctly adapted with the source code of a web page, a Russian word may well appear as unrecognisable symbols to visitors and search engine spiders. If this happens, then Russian internet users are not going to be able to read, or find your site. It may well be that your pages are well translated and very appealing, but without traffic you will fail to generate any tangible results. In order to deal with these peculiarities of working with Russian on the internet, we have studied this subject in great detail and now have extensive knowledge and experience of building websites for a Russian market. This means that you can have confidence that your site will be built in a way that generates the maximum exposure. Adapting to Cyrillic If you decide to adapt your systems to include the Russian language you will need to alter some of your computer settings, upload various Cyrillic fonts and purchase a Cyrillic keyboard to be used when typing. Computer settings are pretty straightforward to adjust, but are necessary in overcoming many of the viewing difficulties. One of the most common problems encountered when working with Russian is when an email or file arrives from a Russian contact and your software cannot recognise the Cyrillic characters. What do you do? Some basic steps: Viewing Cyrillic in Windows: If you wish to view Russian (Cyrillic), first follow these steps: STEP 1. Click on "My Computer,"
then "Control Panel," and then "Add/Remove Programs." Viewing Cyrillic on the Web For Internet Explorer, Under the "View" menu, chose "Encoding," then chose "Cyrillic". Viewing Cyrillic in Documents STEP 1. Install some Cyrillic
fonts. You will also need a Cyrillic keyboard if you want to type. |
