The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature (Yakub Kolas Institute of Linguistics) offers consumers services in the areas of "Linguistic expertise and conclusions", "Translation of texts into Belarusian and linguistic design of outdoor advertising media", "Creation of information language banks" under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

PROVISION OF SERVICES TO LEGAL ENTITIES:

Linguistic examinations and conclusions:
- conduct linguistic examinations only upon requests from state administration bodies or court decisions;
- preparation of conclusions on the compliance of written texts with the grammatical, lexical, and syntactic norms of the modern Belarusian/Russian literary language;
- preparation of conclusions and recommendations upon requests from legal entities and individuals on issues of onomastics: return ("reconstruction") of historical geographical names; expediency/inexpediency of replacing geographical names; correctness of the translation of Belarusian toponyms and anthroponyms into Russian, as well as foreign toponyms and anthroponyms into Belarusian;
- preparation of responses to citizens' appeals to establish the identity of records in documents.

Translation of texts into Belarusian and linguistic design of outdoor advertising media:
- translation of legislative and regulatory documents into Belarusian;
- translation of texts, declaration forms, other documentation into Belarusian;
- design of written information in Belarusian at bus stops and in the salons of surface and underground transport;
- translation into Belarusian and support of Belarusian-language versions of websites;
- assistance in the linguistic design of postal products, expositions, entrance tickets to theaters and museums, in the preparation of thematic exhibitions of libraries; advertising posters, billboards, etc.

Creation of information language banks:
- collection and systematization of regional language material;
- organization and holding of scientific and practical seminars "Region on the historical and cultural map of Belarus";
- holding creative work competitions among children and adults to demonstrate knowledge of the linguistic features of their native land;
- speeches by scientists in regional educational institutions with the aim of popularizing the achievements of Belarusian academic linguistic science and preserving the linguistic cultural heritage of the Belarusian people.

Samples of documents for the provision of services:

Application form in Belarusian

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Application form in Russian

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Original methods. Highly qualified staff.

The Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus carries out scientific research in the fields of art history, ethnography, ethnology, folkloristics,
language and literature.

Activities:
► Study of ethnocultural processes on the territory of Belarus; interethnic connections of Belarusians, Russians, Ukrainians and other peoples in the field of material and spiritual culture.
► Development of problems in the history and theory of Belarusian art, anthropology of culture.
► Study of the Belarusian language system at various stages of its development.
► Conducting sociolinguistic, comparative and comparative typological studies.
► Preparation of dictionaries of the Belarusian language, including translated Belarusian-non-Slavic and non-Slavic-Belarusian.
► Identification and analysis of the main trends and patterns of the historical and modern literary process.
► Study of problems of the history of literature and literary connections in the Slavic world and beyond.
► Research of the literary heritage of Belarus, including the preparation of academic editions of collected works of classics of Belarusian literature, literary monuments.

The center also carries out the following activities.
►Scientific research
Conducting fundamental and applied scientific research in the fields of art history, ethnology, folklore, language and literature.

►Scientific publications
● Preparation of scientific and popular science publications in the field of fine, decorative and applied arts, architecture, theatrical, musical, film and television arts, folklore, ethnology, history of the Belarusian language, dialectology and linguogeography, lexicology and lexicography, modern Belarusian language, Slavic and theory of language, Belarusian-Russian linguistic and literary connections, Belarusian literature of the 20th and 20th centuries, textual criticism and publications of literary monuments, interrelations of literatures, theory and history of Belarusian literature.
● Development of dictionaries and reference books of various types, preparation of teaching aids, collected works of classics of Belarusian literature.

►Scientific expertise
Conducting scientific examinations of the most important scientific and national economic programs, innovative projects, as well as draft regulatory legal acts in the Center’s profile.

►Practical recommendations
Development of recommendations for using the results of the Center's scientific research in practice.

►Personnel training
Training of highly qualified scientific personnel through postgraduate, doctoral and competitive studies.

►Excursion services
Providing excursion services and promoting national artistic culture in the Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture.

The Center is a state legal entity, administered by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and is part of the Department of Humanities and Arts.

The structure of the Center includes:

Branch of the Kondrat Krapiva Institute of Art History, Ethnography and Folklore.
Branch of the Yakub Kolas Institute of Linguistics .
Branch of the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literary Studies.

Consumers interested in purchasing services in the areas of "Linguistic expertise and conclusions", "Translation of texts into Belarusian and linguistic design of outdoor advertising media", "Creation of information language banks" under an outsourcing agreement and/or subcontracting.

Partners interested in purchasing services in the areas of "Linguistic expertise and conclusions", "Translation of texts into Belarusian and linguistic design of outdoor advertising media", "Creation of information language banks" under a distribution services agreement.