[OS X TeX] Inserting a few words in "non-latin-character" languages

[Alain Schremmer]

On Oct 3, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Well, as a result of my clumsy experimentations and after going  
> back to the original file, I got
>
> ! Package babel Error: You haven't loaded the option english yet.
>
> See the babel package documentation for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...
>
> l.10 \select at language {english}
>
> and
>
>
> ! Package babel Error: You haven't loaded the option russian yet.
>
> See the babel package documentation for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...
>
> l.11 \select at language {russian}
>
> So, I added
>
> 	\usepackage[english,russian]{babel}		
>
> even though I sure didn't have it before and it works.
>
> But what happened and how can I get back to the status quo ante?
>
> Vexed regards
> --schremmer

In fact, it doesn't quite work because I seem to have lost \sffamily  
in the process.

A bit worried regards
--schremmer