Moroccan Arabic 101
This article is part of our crash course series on Arabic dialects. If you know some Standard Arabic and want to understand how the dialects differ, our Guide to Arabic Dialects will ...
Translating Ramadan Riddles (Fawazeer)
Like holidays in the West, Ramadan generates its own forms of nostalgia for the joys of Ramadans past. This nostalgia attaches not just to the month’s religious aspect, but to ...
Arab Ministries: The Complete English-Arabic List
Translators working between Arabic and English will often encounter the names of ministries and other official bodies. While it can be tempting to assume that the names of ministries (or ...
Arabic Media Translation: Approach & Case Studies
While the journalistic text may seem simple at first, appearances can be deceiving. In fact, Arabic media translation is one of the trickiest things to get consistently right. Difficult terms ...
Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid: Translating 9 Tricky Political Expressions into Arabic
English-to-Arabic political translation presents a unique set of challenges. Translators will frequently encounter meanings that may not be found in a dictionary at all. Writers love to repurpose terms and ...
Let’s Address the Address: A Guide to Formal Letters in Arabic
The following is a hypothetical scenario based on a true story. A U.S. solar company was responding to a tender issued by an Arab government for a major solar installation. ...