Insights
Practical guides from Locstars’ specialist teams on Arabic translation and localization.
- Arabic Remote Interpreting for Business Meetings: A Planning Checklist
A practical checklist for companies planning Arabic–English remote interpreting for a board call, negotiation or webinar — from choosing the mode and setting up language channels to briefing the interpreters. - Arabic DTP in InDesign: RTL Layout Settings and a Pre-Press ChecklistArabic layout is more than swapping text. Here are the InDesign settings, layout decisions and pre-press checks that decide whether an Arabic brochure, manual or report reads correctly in print and PDF.
- Arabic Subtitles, Voice-Over or Dubbing? A Buyer’s Decision GuideArabic subtitling, off-screen voice-over and lip-sync dubbing solve different problems. This guide compares them by use case, dialect, technical specs and the source assets each one needs.
- Arabic E-learning Localization: Storyline, Rise and Captivate GuideA practical guide for L&D and training teams taking Articulate Storyline, Rise 360 and Adobe Captivate courses into Arabic, from choosing the export route to testing the published package in your LMS.
- Arabic App Localization: Plurals, RTL and Bidi for iOS, Android, WebArabic exposes every shortcut in an app’s internationalization. This guide covers the six plural categories, RTL mirroring on iOS, Android and the web, bidirectional text, digits and store listings, with a pre-release checklist.
- Arabic Website Localization Checklist: RTL, hreflang and Arabic SEOLaunching an Arabic version of your site takes more than translated strings. This checklist covers RTL layout, hreflang, Arabic keyword research and the form, date and currency details that Gulf and Egyptian users notice first.
- Preparing Company Documents for Arabic Translation: A Gulf ChecklistA practical checklist for companies preparing commercial registration extracts, articles of association, board resolutions and tender files for Arabic translation when setting up or bidding in the Gulf.
- Arabic Transcreation: MSA or Dialect for Gulf and Egypt CampaignsA practical guide for marketing teams adapting campaigns into Arabic: when to use MSA or dialect, how to brief transcreation, and what to check before launch.
- Translating IFRS Financial Statements into Arabic: A Practical GuideA practical guide for finance, IR and reporting teams preparing Arabic or English versions of IFRS financial statements: terminology choices, statement titles, numbers in RTL layouts and Islamic finance terms.
- PCT National Phase Arabic Translation: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, GCCA practical guide for IP teams preparing Arabic translations of PCT applications for Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the GCC states: what gets translated, how to plan around the 30-month date, and how to keep claim language consistent.
- Technical Manual Translation into Arabic: 8 Decisions to Make FirstMany problems in Arabic technical manuals start before the first sentence is translated. Here are eight decisions to settle with your translation partner so your O&M manuals, specifications and safety instructions read consistently in Arabic.
- Arabic Labeling for Saudi Arabia: Translating Labels, PILs and IFUsA practical guide for regulatory and labeling teams: which SFDA documents mention Arabic for medicine labels, patient leaflets and lay-use medical devices, and how to plan the translation and artwork work around them.
- Arabic–English Contract Translation: 7 Errors That Change MeaningSeven English–Arabic contract translation errors that shift obligations and risk, and how in-house legal teams in the Gulf and Egypt can prevent them.
- Arabic Game Localization: RTL, Dialects and an LQA ChecklistA practical guide to Arabic game localization: RTL mirroring, engine and font support, plurals and gender, MSA vs dialect, voice-over, age ratings and a 12-point LQA checklist.
