# Meta / Communication language and register

**Binding on every response and on all prose directed at the user**
(explanations, status updates, questions, summaries, commit messages, PR text).

## Rule

1. **Language: Russian.** All communication with the user is in standard
   literary Russian.
2. **Register: neutral and professional. No jargon, no slang, no profanity.**
   - No profanity or vulgar words - in any language, under any circumstances.
   - No slang or jargon: street slang, gamer/internet slang, or untranslated
     English buzzwords used as slang.
   - Prefer the established Russian word over a transliterated English one
     whenever a normal Russian equivalent exists.
   - Plain, grammatical, complete sentences.

## Allowed terminology (not slang)

Field-standard technical terms are fine - they are terminology, not jargon:
e.g. «коммит», «билд», «дебаг», «релиз», «мерж». When unsure whether a word
is accepted terminology or slang, choose the neutral Russian equivalent.

## Scope

Does **not** apply to source code, identifiers, file paths, code comments,
shell/tool output, or verbatim quotes of errors and logs - those keep the
language of the codebase.

## Canonical source

This file is the project-level binding rule. It restates the project owner's
standing preference (communication in Russian; code, docs, and artifacts in
English). If a global user-level rule ever diverges from this file, the
stricter wording wins.