Tajik journalists to face fines for language errors

Have trouble with spelling? Perhaps a journalism career in Tajikistan is not for you. Journalists in the Central Asian country will now face fines for spelling and grammar errors.

The head of the government’s Committee for Language and Terminology, Gavkhar Sharofzoda, has announced that a special commission will be set up to monitor both online and print media, television and radio, to ensure that the outlets are complying with the rules of the Tajik language. If journalists fall foul of the rules, they will face a fine.

The committee head has expressed her dissatisfaction with the practice of Tajik journalists, alleging that they show clear disrespect to the country’s native language by using unfamiliar foreign words and shunning possible Tajik synonyms.

Source: Asia-Plus (in Russian)