Light reading : Technical terms - translate or not translate?

[Abstract]

Khaled,

Yes, that makes perfect sense, as many words in English have Arabic roots as
well.  I believe it's common
and no fault or weakness of a language to make use of some words from
another.  However, I do suggest
that classical Arabic be used as a Moroccan user may not completely get
"Baas" because they use a combination of Arabic with French influence, but
they do understand the classical Arabic term.  You ever tried asking for a
mobile phone in the middle east?  There are 4 words
for it, but everyone seems to understand 5elewi.


On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Jad/Hakam madi <Jad at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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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