> careful here, the “(hindu‐)arabic digits” used in European languages > (0123456789) are similar, but not identical to, the symbols that actual > arabic languages use nowadays (“eastern arabic digits”, > ٠‎١‎٢‎٣‎٤‎٥‎٦‎٧‎٨‎٩). there even are false friends (e·g· the eastern 4 > looks like a reversed western 3, the eastern 5 looks like a western 0, > the eastern 6 looks like a western 7). > > yeah. confusing. Ideed. Must have been wishfull thinking on my side. Not translating the thing at all may be the wiser option. It might serve the greater goal of finally establishing one universal world script and language, everyone has to learn to be able to participate in the global tech community (and written English is at least somewhat easy to learn)... Greetings from Germany -- Allan Wegan Jabber: allanwegan@ffnord.net OTR-Fingerprint: E4DCAA40 4859428E B3912896 F2498604 8CAA126F Jabber: allanwegan@jabber.ccc.de OTR-Fingerprint: A1AAA1B9 C067F988 4A424D33 98343469 29164587 ICQ: 209459114 OTR-Fingerprint: 71DE5B5E 67D6D758 A93BF1CE 7DA06625 205AC6EC