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阿拉伯文犹如天书,曲里拐弯,外加书写由右向左,与其它许多文字相反。万里之外的国内朋友发电传来问,电脑认阿拉伯文吗?我左思右想,最后决定这样回答她:在电脑面前,无沙漠可言。 在阿拉伯联合酋长国,电脑的广泛利用程度甚至高于中国。PC机和因特网非常普遍,名片上有电脑网址似乎是一种时尚。我曾感叹,骆驼背上爬下来的牧民,这么快就钻进了电脑的大千世界。 信不信由你,阿联酋一共才有230多万公民,每平方公里上只有29个人,而去年售出个人电脑约有3000万台(当然,其中包括转口贸易)。这一市场还在以每年20％的速度递增。
Arabic is like a bible, turning the corner, plus writing from right to left, as opposed to many other words. A few thousand miles away, my friend from China sent a telegram to ask if the computer recognizes Arabic. I left my mind and decided to answer her this way: There is no desert before the computer. In the United Arab Emirates, computers are even more widely used than in China. PC and the Internet are commonplace, and having a computer website on a business card seems like a trendy one. I lamented that the herdsmen who climbed down on the camels quickly got into the world of computers. Believe it or not, the UAE has a combined population of more than 2.3 million citizens and only 29 people per square kilometer. Last year, about 30 million personal computers were sold (of course, including entrepot trade). This market is still growing at an annual rate of 20%.