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'Tahaddath' from Etisalat - Now translate words and sentences between English and Arabic

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, April 19 - 2006 at 13:34
  • PRESS RELEASE

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation- Etisalat- has announced a new service, 'Tahaddath', which is aimed at aiding the interaction between people of different backgrounds, and providing them with a valuable communication tool.

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  • : Essa Al Haddad, Executive Vice President- Marketing, Etisalat.
    : Essa Al Haddad, Executive Vice President- Marketing, Etisalat.
Through this service, customers can simply send an SMS to 1002 with the word or sentence that they want translated, and they will receive a message with the translation and pronunciation guide. Tahaddath can be used to translate between English and Arabic.

Essa Al Haddad, Executive Vice President- Marketing, Etisalat, said:

"In this multicultural society we live in, our customers would face many situation in which they wished for an easy translation service that aids them instantly. Now with their mobile phone, they can simply send an SMS with the word or sentence they want translated, and receive not only the translation but also a pronunciation guide. Etisalat is very happy to empower its customers with such a service."


Etisalat had earlier launched the 'Tarjim' service which enabled customers to translate words between Arabic and English, and has now introduced 'Tahaddath' which can translate words and sentences and even provide a pronunciation guide. Messages of 160 characters in English and 70 characters in Arabic will be considered as one message, and each message is charged at 60 Fils. The customer simply needs to type in the word or sentence that is to be translated and send it to 1002, and the translation and pronunciation guide will be received by SMS to the mobile phone.
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Press release issued by Public Relations Department - Etisalat

For further media information, please contact:
Ahmed Bin Ali, Public Relations Manager
Tel: 02 6182173
Fax: 02 6334448

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