Re: discussing the QAC rule - acronyms

[Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa>]

On Yaum al-Sabt 29 Jumaada al-Awal 1425 07:24 am, Isam Bayazidi wrote:

> - Translitration is used for localized versions of many products.. for
> example, when you log to microsoft.com site with the Arabic
> localozation, you will see a translitration for almost all the product
> names.

Just point me to such a link and I will be convinced. I logged into the site 
and can't find any arabic transliteration of their soooo many products


> - I am all for using minimal amount of non-arabic letters in Arabic
> localized interface. After all, too much embedded english - Arabic
> text is far worse than a fully Arabic text.

May I say that neither you nor Elzubeir - with your know experience in 
computers - has noticed that NO famous COMPUTER COMPANY in the WORLD 
transliterate its products? You didn't even notice it ;)

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