Third Conference of the AssociationTranslation and Arabization
Riyadh, 11-13 Muharram 1431- 28-30 December 2009
Third Conference - 28-30 December, 2009
KACST Role in TranslationMansour Alghamdi, Faysal Alshuayer,
Abdulrahman Alfadhil, Ali Arishi, Sultan Alghamdi, Eiman Alawdah
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Basm• 28 Years• >450,000 Terminologies• >250 Scientific field
KACST Role in Translation: Products
English-Arabic Translation System• Available for Saudi universities’ staff and students• Translate text and websites
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Translation Management System• Utilizing the worldwide translators to translate content
between languages
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Romanizing Arabic Proper Names• >70,000 proper names• Algorithms to transliterate any Arabic name
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Arabizing English Proper Names• >100,000 proper names• Algorithms to transliterate any phonetically transcribed
English name
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Book Translation
KACST Role in Translation: Products
Arabizing Software Products• Interfaces• Fonts
KACST Role in Translation: Ongoing Projectd
King Abdullah Initiative for Arabic Content• Open source translation
engine and translation memory
• Translating 33 well-recognized scientific books into Arabic
• Designing and developing Arabic electronic games
KACST Role in Translation
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