Kazakhstan does not intend to de-Russify, but only strives for “the qualitative use of the state language,” assured the deputy head of the presidential administration, Dauren Abaev.
He commented on the draft law on visual information, which a number of Russian deputies considered “undesirable for the Russian Federation.” According to him, the Kazakh authorities do not plan to “prohibit the Russian language in outdoor advertising.”
“We only make the use of the Kazakh language obligatory. There is no problem if the sign is in two or three languages, ”Abaev emphasized, writes Sputnik.kz.
According to him, now on the signs and in the menus of restaurants, the Kazakh language “is either not used, or is used with errors.”
“Our Internet is filled with memes in which the direct tracing translation of names or slogans into the Kazakh language is ridiculed … Therefore, the bill spells out the requirements for observing the authentic translation and spelling norms,” Abaev explained.
He also added that the law stipulates the “correct historically determined spelling” of the names of settlements.
Source: Rosbalt
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