Russian and Arabic help wantedPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, July 21, 2006 3:27 PM
Your correspodent's company has moved offices and we are decorating a large yellow wall with 'hello' in various languages. Can anyone out there read Arabic or Russian? Are the words below correctly written?
Please let us know in the comments or by email to jeremy at danwei dot org. Thanks.
There are currently 13 Comments for Russian and Arabic help wanted.
Comments on Russian and Arabic help wantedThe arabic word is correct. Thanks. I don't think the Russian is right. I'm pretty sure that алло is only used when answering the phone, not when greeting someone, though it may be totally OK on signs (my knowledge of Russian comes from a Russian girl I dated on-and-off close to a decade ago, so I may be totally wrong). John B is right, "Алло" is Russian equivalent for "wei" or "moshi-moshi" in a phone conversation. Most appropriate Russian form for "hello" as a greeting in general is привет (ПРИВЕТ in capital letters). John is right. Алло is only used when answering the phone. The best word to use is probably Привет (Privet). Thanks very much guys. I love the Internet. Hey, Jeremy, did you put a sign in Portuguese too? What about Yiddish?? What about Estonian? How about 'Napoletano'? Yes, the Arabic is correct. the word in arabic means welcome..& the world in russian should be used during answering the phone Well, I am a professional translator and interpreter from Russia. In your case there can be ONLY ONE correct translation^: ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ! (Dobdro pozhalovat' = Welcome!) |
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