Tag Archives: Abu Dhabi

IMG_2560 Happy Birthday, UAE!

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Ingrid Piller

The United Arab Emirates are celebrating another National Day! And they are doing it in style! I was lucky to enter the country exactly on its 40th birthday and so thought I should share the celebrations with Language-on-the-Move readers here … Continue reading →

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Frontpage of the IT section of the Jam-e Jam newspaper, Iran نام های تجاریِ نویسه گردان

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

Persian version of my blog post about transliterated brand names Translated by Setareh Felfelian (ستاره فلفلیان) به تازگى به يك پايان نامه ی کارشناسی ارشدِ نوشته شده در دانشگاهِ آفريقاى جنوبى در سال ٢٠٠٦ که درباره ی تبليغاتِ مربوط به … Continue reading →

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Frontpage of the IT section of the Jam-e Jam newspaper, Iran Transliterated brand names

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

I’ve just come across a 2006 University of South Africa MA thesis investigating Saudi fast-food ads. The author, Basem Abbas Al Agha, finds that […] 97% of the respondents believed that the translations are incomprehensible in Arabic. The other 3% stated … Continue reading →

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Halloween Mystery

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

This chocolate wrapper turned up in my child’s trick-or-treat bag and now we don’t know which language Prestÿ is! Anyone out there who can help? One dad in our trick-or-treating party figured Prestÿ was German: “Don’t you guys put umlauts … Continue reading →

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Ramadan Kareem! Or: Urban Etiquette for Monolinguals

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Ingrid Piller

Muslims around the world were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan recently and the greeting de jour here in Abu Dhabi was Ramadan Kareem!, which literally translates as “Ramadan is generous.” Ramadan Kareem! is one of the many Arabic expressions that the … Continue reading →

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