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right-to-left

French translation: de droite à gauche

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English term or phrase:right-to-left
French translation:de droite à gauche
Entered by: poly7

01:54 Jan 25, 2011
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: right-to-left
A language is described as right-to-left (or RTL) if writing starts from the right of the page, and continues to the left. Examples include Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Syriac, Dhivehi and Yiddish. (Wikipedia)
poly7
Local time: 18:12
de droite à gauche
Explanation:
L'arabe s'écrit de droite à gauche.

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Note added at 20 minutes (2011-01-25 02:15:21 GMT)
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J'ai oublié de vous souhaiter 'Bienvenue chez ProZ.com.'
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 05:12
Grading comment
Merci :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +3de droite à gauche
Jean-Claude Gouin


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
de droite à gauche


Explanation:
L'arabe s'écrit de droite à gauche.

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Note added at 20 minutes (2011-01-25 02:15:21 GMT)
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J'ai oublié de vous souhaiter 'Bienvenue chez ProZ.com.'

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 05:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Merci :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Charass
43 mins
  -> Merci Simon et bienvenue chez ProZ.com ...
agree  Anne-Leïla HADDAD: Tout à fait d'accord !
3 hrs
  -> Un gros merci, madame ...
agree  Val Traductions
7 hrs
  -> Merci Val Traductions ...
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