Software localization: The challenging aspects of Arabic to the localization process (Arabization)

Sameer Abufardeh; Kenneth Magel

Software localization: The challenging aspects of Arabic to the localization process (Arabization)

Sameer Abufardeh, Kenneth Magel

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Abstract

Although there are several open-source Arabization projects, as well as individual and collective initiatives by many volunteers for the Arabization of software interfaces, operating systems, and web sites, etc. the quality of Arabization is still very poor and does not meet the minimum quality standards we found in other localized software. In the case of major software companies like Microsoft and IBM, and many other localization companies, we still find the quality level is barely adequate. There are many reasons for being in such a state, and this paper is intended to highlight some of the main issues concerning the Arabic Language and the Arabization process.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008
Pages	275-279
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008 - Innsbruck, Austria Duration: Feb 12 2008 → Feb 14 2008

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Name	Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008

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Conference	IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Innsbruck
Period	2/12/08 → 2/14/08

Keywords

Arabization
Bidirectional languages
Classical Arabic
Diacritics (Tashkil)
Machine translation (MT)
Modern standard Arabic (MSA)

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Software localization: The challenging aspects of Arabic to the localization process (Arabization). / Abufardeh, Sameer; Magel, Kenneth.
Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008. 2008. p. 275-279 (Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008).

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Abufardeh, S & Magel, K 2008, Software localization: The challenging aspects of Arabic to the localization process (Arabization). in Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008, pp. 275-279, IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008, Innsbruck, Austria, 2/12/08.

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