Arabic-L:GEN:MS portal for new Arabic technology

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Date: 22 Aug 2008
From: Dora Johnson <dJohnson at cal.org>
Subject:MS portal for new Arabic technology

This came via Multilingual News.

Microsoft Corporation has launched a new portal to involve Arabic  
speakers in the process of developing new technology terms for its  
products. The Localization Portal has been developed to encourage  
users of Microsoft's Arabic language products to comment on the  
translation of technology terms and to provide input into translation  
for future products. Although Windows Vista Arabic has a translated  
glossary of over 500,000 terms that have been built up over the years,  
the portal has only around 90 new terms so that users are not  
overloaded with terms. The portal is intended to provide an ongoing  
forum for Arabic translation, with new terms added at regular intervals.

Microsoft Corporation, E-mail: info at microsoft.com, Web: http://www.microsoft.com

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