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[msmemory_archive]

I've been cataloging too much lately. Especially translations. I can now spell things like Energomashinostroyeniye without looking, even though I know no Russian.

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[msmemory.livejournal.com]

a) yes
b) no. You told me they were engineers, but I didn't ask what sort.

[tpau]

heh. so how come you are cataloging russian engineering stuff?

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

'cause a lot of the Russian mechanical engineering stuff got picked up and translated by either the US Air Force or NASA, during the 50s and 60s. Concepts NREC is a mechanical engineering company, and we used to get piles of the AF and NASA documents by automatic distribution. I have shelves of the stuff.
After I get it all transferred from the (paper) card catalog to my Access db, then I'll do an inventory & purge.