Light reading : Technical terms - translate or not translate?

[Jad/Hakam madi]

I'm still interested in some elaboration from Khalid about
"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,"
Khalid is packed with interesting experience as Arabic Language
Localizer but I still sense personal opinion in the above quote rather
than facts.


2008/8/3 Abstract <thikrat at gmail.com>:
> 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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