New Journal, Cyrillic texts
Loren Billings
billings at mailer.fsu.edu
Thu Feb 29 01:03:42 UTC 1996
Dear colleagues:
The following two messages appeared on separate LINGUIST postings a few
days ago, and might be of interest to some of you. I apologize for the
redundant postings to some of you. Alexis Monaster-Ramer added in a
separate query to that list that he's had difficul;ty getting ahold of this
journal. --Loren
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 14:57:49 +0300
>From: root at gw.rshu.ru (System Administrator)
>Subject: Moscow Journal of Linguistics
>
>
> On "The Moscow Journal of Linguistics"
>
> Dear colleagues!
>
> We are pleased to inform you that the first volume of a new
>linguistic periodical, "The Moscow Journal of Linguistics" (MJL),
>has been published in the Russian State University for the Humani-
>ties. Devoted to comparativist issues, it includes articles by A.B.
>Dolgopolsky, E. Khelimsky, A. Manaster Ramer, V. Orel, S.A.Staros-
>tin, G.S.Starostin, V.A. Dybo and A.V. Dybo. Of the eleven papers
>in the volume, five are in English. The price per copy is $ 15 US
>for individuals, $ 25 for organizations, journals and libraries.
> The appearance of the second volume is expected by April 1996.
>It will be a Festschrift in honour of the renowned Russian linguist
>E. V. Paducheva. The Festschrift will include papers by Ju. Apre-
>syan, I. Mel'chuk, A. Wierzbicka, A. Boguslawsky, B. Partee, P.
>Sgall, M. Gasparov, A. Zholkovsky and other well-known scholars.
>The topics are diverse: a broad range of linguistic problems, se-
>miotics, poetics. Of the twenty nine papers, four are in English.
> No less than three issues per year are expected to be
>published. The Editorial Board invites you to submit for publica-
>tion your original articles, book reviews, remarks, notes, reminis-
>cences, letters, and other information. Submissions may be made in
>hard copies and either on disk or by e-mail. Texts may be in En-
>glish or in Russian.
> The Editorial Board will support a broad spectrum of ap-
>proaches and methods, including the opinions not coinciding with
>our own, providing they stimulate discussion of linguistic sub-
>jects.
> At present we are unable to accept subscriptions, but we hope
>to do so after the appearance of the the second or third volume.
>
>
> O R D E R F O R M
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>The orders are to be sent to the Editorial Board (by e-mail or
>postal address).
>
>E-mail: apld at rggu.msk.su
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>Postal address:
>
>MJL Editorial Board,
>Faculty of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics,
>The Russian State University for Humanities (R.G.G.U.),
>Miusskaya pl., 6, 125267 Moscow, Russia
>
> The payment is to be made to the followimg bank account:
>
> Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, Moscow Bank
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> Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow, Russia
> 3800170500024, Moscow Journal of Linguistics
>
> While remitting money to this account, would you kindly indi-
>cate the full name of its beneficiary - "The Russian State Univer-
>sity for Humanities" - and the title of the journal?
>
> The Editorial Board of MJL
>
> A.N. Barulin, M.A. Krongauz, E.V. Muravenko, I.A. Muravyova,
> N.V. Pertsov (Editor-in-cnief), S.A. Starostin
>
> February 1996
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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 18:32:40 +0300
From: kv at kv.inzer.msk.su (Krasner Vitaly)
Subject: Cyrillic texts
Dear colleague,
If you or your friends have to deal with Cyrillic texts in your work, you are
welcome to the new series of the CyrWin cyrillisators:
CyrWin for MS Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT.
We also call your attention to the universal gallery of Cyrillic
TrueType fonts suitable for all three operating systems
listed above.
The major purpose of using the Cyrillisator is to provide you
with the ability to
- work with a Cyrillic interface;
- switch keyboard layouts by means of a wide variety of hot keys;
- have the current status of the keyboard indicated;
- customize your keyboard layout;
- read Cyrillic texts using the included set of Cyrillic True Type fonts.
We offer you the following products:
1. CyrWin 4.0 for Windows 3.1x - a powerful multilingual support
system allows you to
* Substitute standard Windows fonts for their Cyrillic analogues.
(Standard Windows fonts are used in Windows menus and dialogue
boxes, Help-texts, Print Preview presentations, etc.)
* Automatically adjust system fonts when switching the video mode;
* Edit a keyboard layout and save various layouts using the simple and
intuitive Keyboard Layout Editor. A number of ready-to-use
keyboard layouts for several languages are also available.
By modifying an existing layout, you can develop the desired one.
For instance, if you need the Ukrainian layout, you can add extra
characters to the standard Russian layout and save
the result under a new name. In the alternative ("Russian") mode
you can use the "third layout" by pressing the ALT key.
For example, it is useful to include in such a layout some
characters ("?","-","/" and other special symbols) that are absent
from the Russian layout.
* Use a number of functions which work with large font collections. First,
you can view font samples before the fonts are actually
installed in Windows.
Second, you can divide the collection of fonts into groups
(Windows standard font group, Cyrillic font group, etc.) and then
manipulate them instead of manipulating single fonts. Third, you
can assign hot keys to the most frequently used fonts.
* Install CyrWin 4.0 in the national version of Windows. Such an
installation allows you to use the above described powerful
features of CyrWin 4.0. In particular, the keyboard layout editing,
quick switching of keyboard layouts, and font managment are
available. Files created in DOS programs are compatible with
Windows applications and vice versa. The system fonts installed
by CyrWin are automatically restored after a change in
display driver or an occasional failure.
CyrWin 4.0 requires:
-Windows 3.1x (national, in particular Russian, version is
permissible);
- Processor 80286 (or better) IBM-compatible computer;
- 2 MB of free space on your hard disk.
CyrWin 4.0 for Windows 3.1x has already been successfully distributed for
some years. Among the users of CyrWin 4.0 there
are Embassies of the USA, France, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand,
as well as the Moscow offices of AT&T GIS, General Electric,
Technoware Ltd. from Tokyo (installed in Japanese Windows) and
many others.
2. CyrWin 95 for Windows 95 allows you to
* Use the set of Cyrillic system fonts which make it possible to work
with any Cyrillic program. Use the set of Cyrillic (Russian) TrueType
fonts (3 typefaces, 12 fonts) in the Unicode coding. These fonts are
compatible with the fonts from the previous CyrWin versions and
have the same names, so CyrWin users will not have to change
fonts in a previously created document.
* Use several alternative layouts to work on bi- or multilingual
documents during one Windows session.
* Create new, and modify existing keyboard layouts, in a wide variety of
possible ways. To switch layouts, you can use one of the
following methods:
- Press the switching key (CTRL, SHIFT,...) or key combination (a control
key+regular key(s)). Languages in the list are switched
cyclically.
- Choose the desired keyboard layout from the list using the mouse pointer.
- Press the shortcut key assigned to the given language.
The built-in Keyboard Layout Editor allows you to develop new
layouts,as well as to modify the existing ones. You can easily
customize key assignments. To make an assignment you simply
click on the desired key image and then on the character from the
character table. With CyrWin 95, you can, in addition ,to the usual
keyboard layout, also use characters that are accessed with
special key combinations including Right ALT and Right ALT +
SHIFT. Thus each of the keys can be used in four modes
(as it is, combined
with SHIFT,combined with Right ALT, combined with Right
ALT+SHIFT) allowing you to enter almost all of the characters
directly from your keyboard. It is extremely convenient when you
use different kinds of special, graphic,mathematical or mnemonic
characters. Such a "multidimensional" keyboard allows you to
enter characters of another language in a temporary mode. For
example, working on a Russian text, you can put in an English
word or character without changes in the layout - it can be done
simply by holding down the Right ALT key. It is proved that such
input of multilingual texts kept in line with Windows 95 approach)
helps to avoid dispersion of attention while switching layouts and
reduces the risk of repetitive strain injury.
* Download your files created in DOS programs to Windows 95
applications and vice versa.
* Have a handy customized indicator of the current keyboard status.
3. CyrWin NT for Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 offers the same features and
capabilities as the CyrWin described above. CyrWin NT allows
you to work with the Cyrillic fonts on both MS Windows NT Server
and MS Windows NT Workstation.
All the CyrWin versions include the built-in function UNINSTALL. It gives you
an optional ability to delete the previous CyrWin version
or to completely delete CyrWin.
4. The Font Gallery for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 and Windows NT
contains 21 typefaces of Cyrillic TrueType fonts divided into the
following groups:
* art
* business
* education
* pressman
* science.
These fonts are compatible with all the MS Windows operating
systems.
It means that you can create a document in the Windows
3.1x text editor and then easily read it in the Windows 95 or
Windows NT text editor using the same fonts and vice versa. In
other words, the text looks the same in any of the listed operating
systems. Clearly, you can also substitute the language used for the
new one you need and continue your work with the same fonts.
Interactive installation program makes it easy to install the fonts on
your computer. The original package includes two 1.44 MB diskettes
and the manual where all the available fonts from the Font Gallery
are presented.
All the supplied products are provided with the technical support of
the producer by E-mail, fax, and phone.
For more information,contact with us
E-mail: yurik at ix.netcom.com
Fax:(718) 373-94-51
We hope that you will be interested in our products.
PS: Please indicate programs with Cyrillic fonts that you may be
interested in:
- optical recognition of Cyrillic texts;
- intellectual spell checker;
- automatic bi-directional translators;
- information retrieval system;
- other programs.
Loren A. Billings
Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Florida State University
362 Diffenbaugh Building
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1020
Office Fax: (904)644-0524
Office phone: (904)644-8391
Home phone: (904)224-5392
billings at mailer.fsu.edu
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