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Image: © Homer Sykes/Corbis
Photographer: Homer Sykes
Date Photographed: July 1, 2007
Shopping
Arabic Shop Singboards from Edinburgh City
Post outline
- Arabic Shop 1 – Red Sea Food Store
- Arabic Shop 2 – Valley of Jordan
- Shop 3 – Bismillah
Mac Store Signboard (transcribed in Arabic)
This signboard can easily be translated into :
MacStore : محل / متجر ماك
Apple Center : مركز أبل
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International American Companies in the Arab World : Signboards Realia
The following Signboards Realia illustrates the widespread dominance of American International companies in the Arab world.
“McDonaldization” of the Arab World
The best times and the most delicious food
More American companies
Kuwait Currency Notes/Coins
Kuwaiti Currency Council = مجلس النقد الكويتي
ربع دينار = Quarter Dinar
نصف دينار = Half Dinar
دينار واحد = One Dinar
خمسة دنانير = Five Dinars
عشرة دنانير = Ten Dinars
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Humorous Kit Kat Advert – دعاية كيت كات
Key Vocabulary/Expressions:
فيما بعد : Later
و بعد ذلك : and after that /thereafter
خد فترة من الراحة : Take a break
تمتع بكيتكات : EnjoyKit-Kat
كيت كات : هي أصابع شوكولاته شهيرة تنتجها شركة نستلة . غلاف كيت كات لونه أحمر قان مميز جداً.
(Wikipedia Arabic)
Can you translate the above definition of Kit-Kat ?
Here is another online advert of Kit-Kat
You might be wondering what does the word (بريك) mean? – It’s actually the word (break) un-translated!
Shop Signboard – Happy Centre!
The sign actually translates as “The Happy’s Centre”