MUNDO

Arabic Localization Services in Dubai

Tablet and colour swatch cards on a designer's desk — Arabic localization for the UAE market

Arabic that reads as though it was written here

Translation moves the words. Localization makes the result work for the person reading it in the UAE — right-to-left layout that does not break, dates and numbers in the expected form, addresses and names handled properly, and legal wording that matches what local authorities and customers actually recognise.

Send the URL or the file on WhatsApp and we come back within 15 minutes with scope and cost.

Discuss your project

What we localize

Websites

  • Page content, navigation and forms
  • Right-to-left layout review, not just text swapping
  • Page titles and meta descriptions in Arabic
  • Terms, privacy and refund pages

Apps and software

  • Interface strings and error messages
  • Notifications and transactional emails
  • App store listings
  • Number, date and currency formats

Marketing and corporate

  • Brochures, profiles and presentations
  • Product catalogues and price lists
  • Social content and campaigns
  • Training and internal HR material

Where localization usually goes wrong

Most Arabic versions of UAE websites fail in the same few places, and none of them are vocabulary problems.

Layout that was never flipped

Text translated but the page still runs left to right — icons, arrows, progress steps and form labels pointing the wrong way. It reads as unfinished immediately.

Mixed numerals and broken dates

Latin and Arabic-Indic numerals used inconsistently on the same page, and dates in a format nobody here writes.

Machine-translated legal text

Terms and conditions run through a translation engine. This is the part a regulator or a customer in dispute will actually read closely.

Brand names forced into Arabic

Product and brand names transliterated when they should have stayed as they are — or left in Latin when the audience expects Arabic.

How a project runs

1

Scope

Send the URL, the export file or the document set. We tell you what actually needs localizing and what can stay as it is — usually less than people expect.

2

Glossary first

We agree the key terms, brand names and legal wording before translation starts, so the same term does not appear three different ways across the site.

3

Deliver and review

Content delivered in the format your developer needs, then a review pass on the live staging version to catch layout problems that only appear in place.

Where this connects to the rest of our work: if your Arabic terms, contracts or corporate documents also have to be submitted to a UAE authority, they need certified translation rather than localization. We handle both, and we will tell you which one your document actually needs.

Frequently asked questions

Is localization the same as certified translation?
No. Certified translation is for documents being submitted to a court, ministry or embassy, and carries our stamp. Localization is for content your customers read — websites, apps, marketing — where the goal is that it reads naturally rather than that it carries a stamp.
Do you work with our developers?
Yes. We deliver in whatever format your build uses — JSON, CSV, XLIFF, a CMS export or plain documents — and we can review the Arabic version on staging before it goes live.
Do you use machine translation?
No. Content is translated and reviewed by people. Machine output is recognisable to Arabic readers and it is exactly the thing that makes a brand look careless in this market.
How is it priced?
By scope rather than a per-page rate, since a website with 40 pages of repeated content is a very different job from 10 dense pages. Send the URL on WhatsApp and we come back within 15 minutes.

Tell us about your project

Scope and cost back within 15 minutes, with no obligation.

Message us on WhatsApp
Phone: +971 4 566 8200
Email: translation@mundo-translation.com
Address: 4th Floor, Royal Zone Business Centre, Office 1, Mai Tower, Al Nahda 1, Dubai