Arabic UI

Authentic Arabic Writing & UI Localization (العربية الفصيحة للواجهات والمقالات)

High-fidelity, concise Arabic text engineered for modern digital interfaces, articles, technical documentation, and long-form writing. Enforces native Arabic grammar, 6-category pluralization, verbal sentence momentum, and strict anti-calque vocabulary.

Operational Workflow

Determine the target domain and follow the appropriate path:

Mode A: UI & Interface Microcopy (Buttons, Alerts, Inputs, Dashboards)

1. Map Element Type to Grammatical Form: Match UI elements to target grammatical forms via Section 1.1 (e.g., المصدر for buttons, فعل الأمر for placeholders).
2. Draft Concise Microcopy: Eliminate auxiliary verbs and calques via Section 3 (Checklist) and references/aranjiya-glossary.md.
3. Format Dynamic Counters: Route numbers through formatArabicPlural() in scripts/pluralize.ts with dual case inflection (nominative vs oblique).
4. Isolate BiDi & Logical Layout: Use CSS logical properties (inset-inline-end) and isolate neutral characters (2 GB / 10 GB) via references/rtl-engineering.md.
5. Verify Against Checklist: Validate with Section 3.1 & 3.2 gates.

Mode B: Long-Form Writing, Articles & Essays (Blog Posts, Docs, Reports)

1. Establish Verbal Momentum: Lead sentences with active verbs (تقديم الفعل والجملة الفعلية) rather than noun-heavy calques (see Section 1.2 and references/editorial-and-articles.md).
2. Eliminate Journalistic Fluff: Strip empty openers (من الجدير بالذكر أن, لا شك في أن) and calqued connectors (يلعب دورًا, على صعيد آخر) via references/editorial-and-articles.md.
3. Enforce Semantic Density: Apply Al-Jahiz's principle: «إجاعة اللفظ وإشباع المعنى» (Starve the phrasing, nourish the meaning). Drop any word that adds zero operational or semantic value.
4. Cohesive Transitions & Typography: Connect clauses using natural Arabic particles (إذ, حيث, بل, ثم, فـ), attach the conjunction Waw و with zero whitespace, and use Arabic quotes « ».
5. Verify Against Checklist: Validate with Section 3.1 & 3.3 gates.

1. Grammatical Frameworks

1.1 The Golden UI Grammar Table

1.2 Long-Form Writing & Editorial Framework

Authentic Arabic prose leads with active verbal sentences (الجملة الفعلية), drops auxiliary verbs (قام بـ, عمل على), replaces translation clichés (يلعب دورًا, يسلط الضوء), and bypasses empty transitional fluff (من الجدير بالذكر أن).

(For comprehensive before/after tables, banned transitional openers, and connector lookups, inspect references/editorial-and-articles.md)

2. Counting, Pluralization & Typography Rules

2.1 The 6 Plural Categories (CLDR)

Every dynamic counter and counting sentence must handle all 6 categories:

• Zero (0): لا توجد ملفات أو 0 ملف
• One (1): ملف واحد (مفرد + نعت)
• Two (2) - المثنى: Inflect by grammatical position:
  • Nominative (مرفوع بالألف): تطبيقان متبقيان / ملفان (subject, predicate, headline)
  • Oblique (منصوب/مجرور بالياء): قبل دقيقتين / حذف تطبيقين (post-preposition, direct object)
• Few (3–10): جمع قلة مجرور (3 تطبيقات, 5 دقائق)
• Many (11–99): مفرد منصوب تمييز (11 تطبيقًا, 25 دقيقةً)
• Other (100+): مفرد مجرور (100 تطبيق, 1000 مستخدم)

Implementation helper: In code, route counts through formatArabicPlural() in scripts/pluralize.ts. Never concatenate strings manually (count + " " + noun).

2.2 Typography, Connectors & BiDi

• The Conjunction Waw (و): Connects directly to the following word with zero whitespace (الملفات والمجلدات).
• Punctuation Glyphs: Use Arabic comma ، (U+060C), semicolon ؛ (U+061B), and question mark ؟ (U+061F). Never precede with a space.
• Quotation Marks: Use Arabic chevron quotation marks « » for quotes and citations in prose and articles.
• Neutral Character BiDi Isolation: Neutral characters (/, -, :) between numbers reverse in RTL (2 GB / 10 GB flips to 10 GB / 2 GB). Wrap expressions with <bdi> or <span dir="ltr">.

3. Operational Verification Checklist & Anti-العرنجية Gates

Every Arabic UI string, translation, or long-form passage must satisfy this falsifiable completion gate:

3.1 For All Arabic Writing (UI & Articles)

• Past Passive Actions: Uses native internal passive voice (حُذف الملف, أُطلق التحديث, أُرسل الرابط), with zero instances of helper verbs (تم + مصدر or تمت عملية).
• Possession: Uses attached pronominal suffixes (حسابك, ملفك, فكرتك), with zero occurrences of periphrastic adjectives (الخاص بك / الخاصة بـ).
• Adverbs & States: Uses direct accusative adverbs or verbal nouns (تلقائيًا, فوريًا, باستمرار), with zero prepositional calques (بشكل تلقائي, بصورة مستمرة).
• Durations & Time: Omits intrusive prepositions before adverbs of time (صالح 3 أيام, في 5 دقائق), never (لمدة 3 أيام, خلال 5 دقائق).
• Instrumental Precision: Uses instrumental Baa بـ or direct context (بالضغط هنا, في الإعدادات), eliminating calqued mediators (من خلال, عبر).
• Direct Superlatives: Uses authentic أَفْعَل forms (الأسرع, الأكفأ, الأضمن), never periphrastic calques (الأكثر سرعة, الأكثر كفاءة).
• Coordinated Annexation: Annexes the first noun to the genitive and suffixes a pronoun to the second (عرض البيانات وتعديلها), never double construct (عرض وتعديل البيانات).
• Prohibitions vs. Optionality: Warnings and restrictions never use لا يجب (which indicates optionality); use direct jussive negative imperative (لا تُغلق الصفحة, يحظر الحذف).
• Existential States: Omits pseudo-existential هناك for states and events (حدث خطأ, 3 تحديثات معلقة), never (هناك خطأ).
• Roles & Destinations: Avoids intrusive كـ (simile) when designating functions or destinations (حفظ في المسودات, دخول المشرف), never (حفظ كمسودة, الدخول كمسؤول).
• Direct Verbs vs. Copula: Uses direct verbs instead of copula كن + صفة (احذر, تأكد), never (كن حذرًا, كن متأكدًا).
• Errors & Incapacity: Uses affirmative incapacity phrasing (تعذّر الاتصال, لم نتمكن من الحفظ), never failure calques (فشل في الاتصال).
• Counting Duals (المثنى): Uses dual noun forms (ملفان / ملفين), never numeral prefixing (2 ملف).
• Plural Categories: Correctly applies 3–10 plural genitive (3 ملفات) and 11–99 singular accusative (15 ملفًا).
• Conjunction Waw (و): Attaches directly to the succeeding word with zero whitespace (الملفات والمجلدات).
• Arabic Typography: Uses Arabic glyphs (،, ؛, ؟) with no leading space.

(For complete 60+ term lookup mappings and syntactic breakdowns, inspect references/aranjiya-glossary.md)

3.2 For UI & Frontend Specifically

• Buttons & Action Triggers: Uses المصدر (Verbal Noun) (حفظ, تعديل, تسجيل الدخول), never imperative verbs (احفظ).
• Field Instructions & Hints: Uses فعل الأمر (Imperative) (أدخل, اختر), with zero polite noise or auxiliary constructs (قم بـ, يرجى, الرجاء).
• BiDi Isolation: Isolates neutral characters (/, -, :) between numbers using <bdi> or <span dir="ltr"> (<span dir="ltr">2 GB / 10 GB</span>).
• CSS Logical Insets: Trailing icons and inputs use inset-inline-end, never physical right.

(For layout patterns, SSR direction, and icon mirroring, inspect references/rtl-engineering.md)

3.3 For Articles & Long-Form Writing Specifically

• Verbal Momentum: Leads sentences with active verbs (الجملة الفعلية) rather than noun-heavy calques (أطلقت الشركة vs الشركة قامت بإطلاق).
• Empty Transitional Openers: Eliminates filler starters (من الجدير بالذكر أن, لا شك في أن, تجدر الإشارة إلى أن).
• Translation Clichés: Replaces foreign metaphors (يلعب دورًا, يسلط الضوء على, على مدار الساعة) with direct Arabic phrasing (يؤثر أثرًا بالغًا, يُبيّن, ليل نهار).
• Quotation Marks: Encloses quotes, citations, and titles in Arabic chevron marks « », reserving Latin " for code.
• Al-Jahiz's Density Principle: Starves phrasing and nourishes meaning («إجاعة اللفظ وإشباع المعنى»); drops any word whose omission leaves meaning intact.

(For detailed article writing guidelines and connector lookups, inspect references/editorial-and-articles.md)