>If I need to create documents in Word in the Russian language do I need to have a Russian version of Word and/or a Russian version of Windows? Or, can I translate an English Word document into Russian? Which is easier? less expensive? etc.?
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>Thanks.

You don't need to have Russian Word, but you have to install Multilanguage support for Russian (e.g. switch to Russian keyboard and couple of Cyrillic fonts). I could not find Russian SpellChecker for Word 2000, so I don't have it. But I can write in Russian at home and at work. At work, unfortunately, I don't have labels for Russian letters, so I use "direct" keyboard, e.g. each English letter corresponds to closest Russian...

Here is an extract from Mike's Asherman letter (I haven't checked the mentioned site yet):

I found a really handy site for free automated translation at http://translation2.paralink.com/, which handles both text and entire web pages. (If you know of any better translation sites, I'm always interested.)

Hope this helps.