Arabic-L:LING:Acronyms Responses

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Date:  25 Sep 2001
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Acronyms Response

Greetings  / tahaiya tayyiba wa b3ad..

United Nations Special Commission on Iraq = UNSCOM (English) => unsiikom
(Arabic)(as rendered in newspapers and magazines)

(former) Arabian American Oil Company = ARAMCO => Araamkoo

North Atlantic Treaty Organization => NATO = > naiitoo

These are some items that recently appeared, and there seem to be many
others, mostly relating to political, industrial, engineering, or
technological subjects.

Arabic printed media generally render the acronym in Arabic (followed by full
name and/or explanation of the referant term).

If your PC supports Arabic MS Word, I can send samples.

You might post your query also in the "help / ask a question" section of <
www.proz.com >, as a number of professional translators congregate and
circulate there.

Hope this helps. Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,
Stephen H. Franke

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Date:  25 Sep 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Acronyms Response

(PLO) = al-fatH <= al-munaZZamah  li-*TaH*riir  *F*ilastiin; note:
/qalb/ = metathesis.                 Mike Schub

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3)
Date:  25 Sep 2001
From: khorshid <khorshid at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: Acronyms Response

Another acronym is HAMAS, Harakat al-muqaawamah al-islaamiyyah.

Ahmad Khorshid

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4)
Date:  25 Sep 2001
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject: Acronyms Response

Dear Sattar,
      Modern Israeli Hebrew is chockablock with acronyms for
political parties, military ranks, business organizations, etc.
Any Israeli colleague could give you dozens of examples off the
top of his head.
      Best wishes.
(Even examples of  /naHt/ e.g.  /dar9amii/, /masriwaayah/, etc.
abound in Hebrew.)
                                    Mike Schub

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