Converted directly from English
Fast, but word order and idiom carry over from English, and layouts break where Cyrillic runs longer than the original text.
LANGUAGES · RUSSIAN
Longer text, a different register, not just a different alphabet
Cyrillic text typically runs noticeably longer than the equivalent English for the same meaning. A component built to fit English copy exactly can overflow, wrap awkwardly or truncate once the same sentence runs longer in Russian.
Word order, formality and business register also differ from English, so a literal translation can be technically correct and still read as foreign to a native business reader.
THE RANGE OF PRACTICE
What machine translation looks like, and what written natively looks like
Described by behaviour, not by a score.
Translated word for word
Grammatically closer to correct, but the register still reads generic rather than native to a specific professional context.
Composed directly in Russian, for the layout
Structure and length considered together, so components accommodate real Cyrillic text rather than a rough English-length estimate.
WHERE WE SIT
Written for the meaning and for the layout, together
Fluent Russian speakers already in-house, not a translation pipeline.
Russian copy is composed natively by fluent team members already on the current team, rather than translated from an English original after the fact. Components are built to accommodate real Cyrillic text length, not a rough English-length estimate. Technical terms stay in English where that is the professional norm locally, the same principle applied to Arabic copy.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Questions about the Russian variant
The ones that come up before anyone signs anything.
Cyrillic text typically runs noticeably longer than the equivalent English for the same meaning, which can break layouts tuned tightly around English word lengths. Word order, formality and business register also differ, so a literal translation reads as foreign even when every word is technically correct.
A button, a heading or a card built to fit English copy exactly can overflow, wrap awkwardly or truncate when the same sentence runs longer in Cyrillic. Components have to accommodate that difference rather than assume every language fits the same space.
Business Russian used in professional contexts is broadly consistent across CIS markets, though register and specific terminology can shift by country. Written natively by someone fluent in the target market avoids the generic, slightly-off register a direct translation tends to produce.
Where English is the professional norm, yes, the same principle applied to Arabic copy. A term like "checkout flow" or "API" often stays in English because that is how professionals in the field actually use it locally, rather than being forced into an awkward translation.
Building for a CIS audience?
Tell us the markets and the platform. We will scope what native Russian coverage looks like for your specific build.