Light reading : Technical terms - translate or not translate?

[Jad/Hakam madi]

I'm not sure about Egypt but in Jordan Arabizi (Arabic Mixed with
English) is very popular and English is very popular, actually in many
cases people prefer to use English terms as they are used to it more
than Arabic ones, to sum it up, it's all about getting used to it
rather than understanding the meaning 100% .
for example in Jordan we call public bus a باص although the Arabic
term been there for long time حافله  but we still use the word باص
even in some official documents and that's because we are used to it.

So it's not just about translating a term but about using it.

Now we are discussing Arabic translation issue in English :-)
Happy translation.


2008/8/2 Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org>:
> 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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