It turns out arabicization is an actual word according to dictionary.com and is basically the Arabic counterpart of anglicization. Arabicizing is the process of taking something, English company names in this case, and turning it into Arabic. Overall, everything has been super accurate, except for a couple of funny examples that I have included below- Bakery=Backry Fantastic=Pantastic Not exactly a mis-arabicization but still a funny translation. the interior and color scheme looked exactly like Dunkin' Donuts, but it was called Donuts Factory
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We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. !أهلا و ساهلاHi! I'm Sophia, a high schooler from the San Francisco Bay Area. I received a scholarship through the State Dept. to study Arabic in Jordan in the summer of 2016. Categories
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