акционерное обще ство

[Renee Stillings | Alinga]

After 10 years (to date) of operating first a small brokerage and then a 
legal and accounting consultancy in Moscow, I don't recall seeing 
"OJSC/CJSC" in common usage. It is often referenced in full - "open 
joint-stock company" though. At the same time, simply JSC is fairly often 
used before the name of a company, but generally in reference to a 
closed-stock company (ZAO). My husband (American), who has been practicing 
law for the past 30 years in USSR/Russia, has pointed out to me that the 
whole "joint-stock" term was imported to Russia by the British (I suppose at 
the time all of these concepts were being developed and the laws written and 
subsequently translated). I don't know whether anyone in Britain actually 
refers to a company in that way, but it sure sounds awkward to the American 
ear. He also does not like the use of "charter documents" as the most 
commonly-used translation for "ustavnie dokumenti." I suppose it is a 
somewhat lazy translation, with the English not carrying any real meaning 
for those who need to use it.

Per Paul's indication of preferences below, the format of "OAO 
Yuganskneftegaz" is more commonly used.

Renee


>
> 2) Translate it as "(open/closed) joint-stock
> company" or OJSC/CJSC [the most common choice].

> My preference is for either of the two extremes:
> OAO Yuganskneftegaz
> OAO NK Yukos

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