TY - GEN
T1 - Software localization
T2 - IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008
AU - Abufardeh, Sameer
AU - Magel, Kenneth
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Arabization
KW - Bidirectional languages
KW - Classical Arabic
KW - Diacritics (Tashkil)
KW - Machine translation (MT)
KW - Modern standard Arabic (MSA)
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62849095997
SN - 9780889867154
T3 - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008
SP - 275
EP - 279
BT - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering, SE 2008
Y2 - 12 February 2008 through 14 February 2008
ER -