Notes about Russian winflash FLS files:
1/29/95
Doug Edmunds
email: bedmunds@clark.edu

There are 20 files in the set, each  containing
300 English-Russian pairs, for a total of 6000 words. 
Credit for the original wordlist and translations is given to
Bernie Hopkins. Please read the file HOPKINS.TXT, 
for more information about his Russian wordlists. 

The original word list was formatted for Word 2.0
I converted that list to a MS Access 2.0 file, 
then randomized it, and with some fiddling, created
an output file which has the Winflash 3.1 format.
That bigger file was converted into 20 smaller ones,
which meet the 300 entry limitation of Winflash 3.1

Of the 6000 words, there is NO progression.  Each file 
contains a mix of words: verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.
You can start with any file in the set. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must have some code page 1251 fonts in order 
to read the Russian answers.   You can get true type
code page 1251 fonts on the internet.  
Search for "Russian Fonts" or "Cyrillic Fonts" (lycos, etc).
Once you have the fonts installed, then load one of the files 
and set the font for the Russian to the Cyrillic font you
picked.

SECOND IMPORTANT NOTE:  If the Russian looks all wrong, you may
be trying to use a KOI8 font.  These store the Russian characters
in different ascii locations than code page 1251 fonts.  You
will need to use code page 1251 fonts, or run a program to 
convert the whole file to koi8.

THIRD IMPORTANT NOTE: 
If you want to edit the Russian you will need a keyboard 
convertor program.  One that is on the net is called WINKEY.

I didn't author the source files, so I do not vouch for
all the translations.  Thanks again to B. Hopkins.


-- Doug Edmunds

