Arabic translations
We offer professional translation services for English to Arabic and for Arabic to English language pairs.
Arabic translators
We select the best fit of Arabic translator for each job: that means a translator who is a native speaker of the particular strain of the Arabic language required; and a translator who has good experience in the subject matter of the translation.
For example, if you needed a technical document translated for an oil company, we would only use a Arabic translator with up to date petrochemical experience. Aplomb Translations aims never to compromise on the quality of a translation. And that quality depends on the skill and experience of the translator.
Arabic one of the world’s major languages
Arabic is one of the world’s major languages, spoken in a broad belt extending from the Arabian Peninsula north to the Fertile Crescent and then west to the Atlantic Ocean.
It is the official language of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, making it the mother tongue of about 230 million people.
In addition many millions of Moslems in other countries have some knowledge of Arabic, it being the language of the Moslem religion and of the sacred Koran. In 1974 Arabic was made the sixth official language of the United Nations.
Arabic alphabet
The Arabic alphabet dates from about 500 AD. It was based on the alphabet of an ancient people called the Nabateans, who in turn borrowed it from Aramaic. The present alphabet of 28 letters consists basically of consonants, the vowel sings being indicated by marks above or below the letters. While these marks are generally omitted, they do appear in elementary school books and in all editions of the Koran. Arabic is written from right to left. The script is employed in many other languages whose speakers are Moslems: e.g. Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Sindhi.
Spoken Arabic naturally varies from country to country, but classical Arabic, the language of the Koran, has remained largely unchanged since the 7th century. It has served as a great unifying force in the development and standardization of the language. When educated Arabs from different countries meet, they generally converse in classical Arabic.