The language is an essential means of communication

Faleh Saleh

July.2008

That is a fact that everyone knows and should be aware of.

Nowadays there is great hustle and enthusiasm in some institutions, which want to enter quickly into business with the booming market of Iraq. But unfortunately the most important instrument of cooperation, the language, isn't taken seriously enough.

The language in economic life is so important that in some cases the realization of a business depends upon it.

But despite this fact you can see that the quality of the translation from other languages into Arabic and vice versa is neglected even by prestigious international institutions and organizations of the economy, dealing with Iraq.

In some cases, it is entirely unclear what these organizations want to say to the Iraqi businessmen.

It is often not taken into account that the Arabic language has its own way of expression like all of the other languages.

A wrong translation leads to incorrect understanding and as a result to a wrong decision.

The financial and business transactions are sensitive issues. They base on exact terms and meanings. An inaccurate or incorrect translation from or into Arabic can have serious consequences.

This can be avoided, if the translation is checked by another person than the translator.
The text should be examined by a native speaker, who knows the expression principles of the language.

Rebuild Iraq Fairs 200?
Reconstruction fairs in the neighboring countries
are a chain of failures

As long as the Iraqi businessmen have no opportunity to participate in such trade fairs , for whatever reason, the success of these fairs remains doubtful.

The attempts to build economic relations with Iraq through the neighboring countries, didn’t seem until now to be the right way.

Most of the trade fairs and meetings were not more than a show for the host country and the attempt to create more superlatives (the largest, the biggest and the best in the world). They were by no means a way for participation in the reconstruction of Iraq

The money some countries spent for these fairs (in Jordan and Kuwait for example) were astronomic. The benefits were inconsiderable.
The participation of the Iraqis is politically and economically very important.
In the long term the bridge to the Iraqi market can only built in direct cooperation with Iraq and with the Iraqi businessmen.