Light reading : Technical terms - translate or not translate?

[Khaled Hosny]

Nice article, but if not so much interest in case of Arabic translators.
Arabic is a completely different language with a different script, using
English terms as such isn't a viable option, transliteration is as bad.
In the same time, you can't depend on the common usage because of the
diglossa status, what works with vernacular Arabic isn't (most of the
time) suitable for the written classical or modern standard Arabic.

Regards,
 Khaled

On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 09:11:19AM +0300, Jad/Hakam madi wrote:
> http://www.proz.com/translation-articles/articles/33/1/Technical-terms---translate-or-not-translate
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 Khaled Hosny
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