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Russian and/or Belarusian
Many customers ask me: is it a must to translate texts into Belarusian (Byelorussian, Belorussian - different spellings are used) when targeting goods and services to the market of Belarus. Well, to be honest, in most cases Russian translation would be enough because about 95% of local population speak Russian in their everyday life. So I think that Russian would be better for translating manuals, instructions, etc. However if a customer wants his/her product or service to stand out, then I would recommend to translate marketing/promotion materials to Belarusian.
February 28th, 2009 - 17:43
Absolutely so.
March 22nd, 2009 - 10:28
The same goes about translation into Ukrainian. 95% will understand Russian, and…
about 50% will not understand or will have difficulties in understanding any kind of text in Ukrainian