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Also add "use the correct Arabic for your target audience". "Arabic" is not monolithic and using the wrong dialect can go over as well as using Scots on a web

Also add "use the correct Arabic for your target audience". "Arabic" is not monolithic and using the wrong dialect can go over as well as using Scots on a web page intended for Jamaicans.

Cyph0n 4y ago
As an Arabic speaker, baby steps! For spoken Arabic, a decent placeholder is either MSA (standard Arabic) or a generally understood dialect (Egyptian or Levantine). The latter is what a lot of the recent Arabic game dubs have been doing (e.g., Ubisoft). Another example: Pixar and Disney use Egyptian Arabic for their dubs. Edit: Oh, and for written Arabic, you should almost always be using MSA. That is, you shouldn’t worry about the dialect of your target audience.
- james-redwood 4y ago
  I pity the poor dev who has a Moroccan co-worker that helpfully offers to translate their application into darija thinking it’s Arabic
  - curiousgal 4y ago
    Tangent: I hate how Moroccans monopolized the word darija to mean "Moroccan Arabic". Every country in North Africa calls their own language darija!
- poulpy123 4y ago
  Do you know why levantine arabic is more used for dubbing ?
  - Cyph0n 4y ago
    My understanding is that it’s simply because they were among the first to setup dedicated dubbing studios.