{"id":9065,"date":"2016-05-19T07:46:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T07:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=9065"},"modified":"2016-05-19T02:20:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T02:20:38","slug":"top-business-concepts-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/top-business-concepts-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Business Concepts in Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9098\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9098\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9098\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/business-man-1031755_640.jpg\" alt=\"man reading business press\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/business-man-1031755_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/business-man-1031755_640-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have covered some <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/business-trip-to-russia-vocabulary-and-tips\/\">business phrases<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/doing-business-russian-style\/\">on this blog<\/a> before. This time, let&#8217;s concentrate on key business concepts and learn to talk about them in Russian.<\/p>\n<h2>Property<\/h2>\n<p>First of all, we need to talk about property (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span>). Private property (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span>) is thought to be an important condition for entrepreneurship (\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e).<\/p>\n<p>Property may include\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/span> (or <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span>, real estate) or other assets (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0430\u043a\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u044b<\/span>).<\/p>\n<h2>Organization<\/h2>\n<p>Many businesses are organized as companies (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/span>). They are often referred to as firms in Russian (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0444<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043c\u044b<\/span>). However, individuals also conduct business as <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span> (sole proprietors\/traders).<\/p>\n<p>Many companies will have a boss (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043d\u0430\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a<\/span>) and subordinates (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u0447\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435<\/span>). Larger companies will have departments (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043e\u0442\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044b<\/span>).<\/p>\n<h2>Agreements<\/h2>\n<p>An agreement (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/span>) may be referred to as\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0434\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440<\/span> or <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0442<\/span> (both meaning &#8220;contract&#8221;). Parties to an agreement are called <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u043d\u044b<\/span> (literally, &#8220;sides&#8221;). &#8220;To sign\/close a contract&#8221; is &#8220;<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043f\u0438\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0442<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;deal&#8221; (as in &#8220;agreement,&#8221; not as in &#8220;bargain&#8221;) is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0430<\/span>. Agreements are usually subject to terms and conditions (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0443\u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u044f<\/span>).<\/p>\n<h2>Production<\/h2>\n<p>If we are talking about a traditional manufacturing company, the first step in its product life cycle will likely be <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/span>, production. If there are units being produced, we can also call it\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u044b<\/span>\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a<\/span>, release.<\/p>\n<p>A product is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0442\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440<\/span>. It may also be called <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0442<\/span>, but beware that this word also has the narrower sense of &#8220;groceries.&#8221; If we are using &#8220;product&#8221; as a mass noun for everything the company manufactures, we can also say <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0446\u0438\u044f<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Sales<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9099\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9099\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9099\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379.jpeg\" alt=\"fish stalls\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379-350x197.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The manufacturer may get an order (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0437\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0437<\/span>) for a batch (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0438\u044f<\/span>) of their product. There may be a deadline (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u0440\u043e\u043a<\/span>), and the delivery (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043a\u0430<\/span>) may need to be arranged, too.<\/p>\n<p>If we are selling something, we are talking about <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430\u0436\u0430<\/span>. The opposite is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u043e\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0443<\/span>\u043f\u043a\u0430<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A seller is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u0446<\/span>, and a buyer is\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Pricing<\/h2>\n<p>The cost of making something is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span>. The price you sell it at is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0430<\/span>. If you&#8217;re selling something at cost, it&#8217;s called <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e \u0441\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>, although you probably want to include a mark-up\u00a0(<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043d\u0430\u0446<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0430<\/span>) in the price. The word <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span> is also sometimes used, meaning &#8220;cost&#8221; or &#8220;value.&#8221; You may recognize it from expressions like &#8220;<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043d\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433 \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span>&#8221; (value added tax).<\/p>\n<p>Supply and demand (usually &#8220;<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/span>,&#8221; literally &#8220;demand and supply&#8221;) affect the price of goods.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers may offer discounts (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0438<\/span>) or have special offers (<span style=\"color: #003366\">\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f<\/span>) to attract buyers. Speaking of retailers, to buy something wholesale is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u043f\u0442\u043e\u043c<\/span>, and to buy retail is <span style=\"color: #003366\">\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0443<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Test What You Learned<\/h2>\n<p>Last, I&#8217;m going to share a passage from a Russian newspaper, with no translation. Try to identify the words you just learned.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u0420\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435<\/span> <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0436\u0438<\/span> \u043d\u0430\u00a0\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u044e\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0430 Lucky Child, \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043a\u043b\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044b <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438\u00a0<\/span>\u2014\u00a0\u0440\u0435\u0433\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0438\u043b\u0438\u00a0\u043e\u0442\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0437\u0438\u043d\u044b, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u044b\u0435 <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u044e\u0442<\/span> \u0435\u0435 <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u0432\u00a0\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0443<\/span> \u0441\u043e\u00a0\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043d\u0435\u0439 <span style=\"color: #00ffff\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\u0439<\/span> <\/span>80%. \u041e\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u0435\u0432\u0430, \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0439\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0440 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 Prenatal Milano, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u00a0Lucky Child \u0441\u00a0\u0432\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b 2016 \u0433\u043e\u0434\u0430, \u043d\u0430\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0438\u043c\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0431\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043d\u044b\u0435 <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u0446\u0435\u043d\u044b<\/span> \u043f\u0440\u0438\u00a0\u0432\u044b\u0441\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043a\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u0438\u00a0\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/span>, \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0437\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c <span style=\"color: #00ccff\">\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0440<\/span> \u0441\u043e\u00a0\u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0435\u0436\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0447\u043d\u043e: \u0441\u00a0\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0431\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0436\u043d\u043e.<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/own_business\/18\/05\/2016\/573c328e9a79475ddfb8c323?from=rbc_choice\">Source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Try looking at other business publications to see if you recognize any words!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379-350x197.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"fish stalls\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379-350x197.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-96379.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>We have covered some business phrases\u00a0on this blog before. This time, let&#8217;s concentrate on key business concepts and learn to talk about them in Russian. Property First of all, we need to talk about property (\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c). Private property (\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c) is thought to be an important condition for entrepreneurship (\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e). Property may include\u00a0\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u0438\u043c\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e (or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/top-business-concepts-in-russian\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":9099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[7827,7826],"tags":[349613,224238],"class_list":["post-9065","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russian-life","category-when-in-russia","tag-business-vocabulary","tag-economics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9065"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9065\/revisions\/9102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}