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about this package. Due to our experts’ efforts Tatar has become the second
Turkic language (after Turkish) available in the Windows environment at
any workplace.
The Academy of Sciences’ cooperation with the Microsoft Office in Moscow
began in 1995 with the Tatar localization of Windows 95 and found a
promising sequel. In 2005-2010 Tatar localization of Microsoft Windows
XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and MS Office applications was completed.
The Research Institute for Applied Semiotics and the Research Laboratory
for AI Problems developed a Tatar OS interface. The Tatar language, along
with such international languages as English and Russian, has thus become a
“native” language of the Windows OS and popular MS applications (Word,
Excel, Power Point).
Tatar localization of the MS Windows OS and its applications stimulates
the introduction of Tatar in ICTs, its development and expansion in the
information space. It is clear that only in case the Tatar language (just as
other peoples’ languages) is actively used in ICT, in information storage,
processing and transfer, and in human-computer interaction it can become
a real state language of the Republic, a language of culture and science, an
efficient means of communication in cyberspace.
A test version of a driver package and fontware for the Latin Tatar language
has also been developed.
Upon the recommendation of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Tatarstan the Decree on the Encoding Standard for Latin Tatar Characters and
on Basic Computer Software Products was adopted on September 27, 2000.
The TATLAT Software Package was created, allowing for recordkeeping and
publishing in Latin Tatar in all applications of Windows 95/98/2000/NT4.
These software packages were being actively implemented for several years
after the adoption of the corresponding Law of the Republic of Tatarstan,
presidential and ministerial decrees, State Implementation Programme, and
a number of educational initiatives. At present, however, the Russian State
Duma’s decision has frozen this process.
Developing and Adapting Information Technologies for the Tatar Language
Activities in this area include developing software packages for the Tatar
language, tools for digital recordkeeping, newspaper and magazine publishing,
spell checking Tatar texts, as well as for creating computer workstations.
Research has been carried out on theoretical and applied aspects of
computational linguistics with regard to Tatar, its grammar, lexicology and
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