Dr. Rob Blokzijl, General-Secretary of the Internet 1996 World Exposition, has long been a leader in the development of the Internet in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In September 1995, he was asked to be the co-host of a seminar sponsored by NATO on the development of the Internet in the Central Asian of the former Commonwealth of Independent States, which in turn was born from the former Soviet Union.

Senior representatives from the Academies of Science and leading universities of Tadjikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia all attended this workshop.

A world's fair appeared to be a perfect way to raise the visibility of the Internet in many of these newly-formed countries, so Carl Malamud was asked to be the keynote speaker at this symposium. The program listed the subject as "Tomorrow on the Internet" and Malamud gave his usual stump speech.

The speech was given in English, with simultaneous translation into Russian by a very capable team flown in from Moscow. The translation was recorded, and the tape was claimed by the State Certifying Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The State Certifying Committee had a transcript of the Russian made, and that transcript was then translated into the English language for release as the official certified version of the speech.

Translating the translators is always of great interest to linguists, so we are pleased to present a resource archive of this process for scholars and members of the general public interested in further study. In particular, we asked Dr. Blokzijl to take a few moments away from his more serious duties to read aloud the certified speech.