Google Multi-Lingual Search  <——–< THIS LINK TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THE ACTION….see for yourself!!!

Google Translate has a BRAND NEW Multi-lingual Search Interface…..It is on a second TAB just added to the old Google Translate Page

This entry containst Screen Shots of the news feature….BUT ALSO the background info on what else is like it and why it is unique…I’m so glad that I WAITED until NOW to write a post about Babelplex.com Multi-Lingual Search because is also used the Google Search API for its service. So what is so special about these two services and expecially Googles New MULTI-Lingual Auto Search:

Here are the screenshots: I’m going to add the extra into later I just wanted to get the GREAT NEWS to YOU, my readers ASAP, so here you go!!! Enjoy!!!

Where:  2nd TAb—–>   http://google.com/translate_s?hl=en

THE BIG PICTURE:

Download aziizkeez v4.0 for MAC

aziizkeez is:

• QWERTY
• Intuitive…..i.e. fatha & fathatan and kasra & kasratan positioning (and much more)
• Tested….my Arabic TA couldn’t believe how fast i could type notes in class
• to be continued….(cuz it is 2:30 am)

Ok…..now i’ll get right to it……i’ve been working on one of those Google Custom Search Engines for a number of topics in Arabic….however they don’t work as well as I hoped thanks to Big Brother (aka Scrooge MacGOOG). Any way……tell me if you like the the type of content that you find in this post and I’ll add more like it in the future?

I didn’t find Google very helpful for finding a lot of the Content I was looking for……so I had to branch out a lil…… MetaCrawler Video Search: keywords: Arabic Site:edu. I had a problem though…..i hate it when awesome educational material once available to ALL…….get stashed behind some password protected Intellectual Fort Knox…..and that is where The Internet Archive comes in:-)

The following is an example of a broken link……hiding on the Wayback Machine: Wisconsin’s Al-Kitaab Materials (oldies but goodies)

Here is more Al-Kitaab….and if you ever find that this link goes bad……it is prolly on the Way Back Machine too (just like the one above)!

Don’t forget the three links in the post preceding this one:)

Those two (along with all the ones i’m not listing from MetaCrawler whose links do work) will have do for now…..i’m a bit tired…….i’ll have more if people like this type of thing….otherwise…..i dunno…Enjoy!!!

P.S. ~ If you didn’t take my word for it before…….ima ganna say it again…..the best thing you’ll ever do for your Arabic……is read the paper EVERYDAY…..using noneother than the Assistance of Google’s URL MACHINE TRANSLATION TOOL (not the copy past tool, full page html translation is the only one that works you’ll understand why if you take the trouble to use it)

till next time…..masalama

Ok….enought of that….i’m sorry i went on so long about that Mac VS. PC stuff………but the point i’m trying to make is…….this is an area where IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFF WHICH ONE YOU GOT:-)

If you are a PC “buff” or if you are stuck with a PC, and still can’t keep yourself away from Unicode Scripts like Arabic: Then follow this link!!! You’ll be doing this stuff like this: أنا أُحِبُّ ماكينتَوش ولُغَةِ العَرَبيةِ in no time!!! Especially if you go with a QWERTY setup. And of course the Qwerty setup i recommend most…..is aziizkeez (you can download the latest version below). Reach all the most important haraket/tashkeel without HITTING SHIFT….I call it “Qwerty for Educators and Students” cuz I don’t think anyone else almost ever uses all those cool looking vowels….enjoy here is the link to get you PC people in the game;-)

ARABIC WINDOWS:

ARABICIZING WINDOWS APPLICATIONS TO READ AND WRITE ARABIc

by

al-Husein N. Madhany

The University of Chicago (Graduate Student)

The above article is now available as a POWER POINT presentation!!! ALSO the both links are as of NOW UP TO DATE…..meaning if you downloaded it before…..it might be worth a another shot.

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