Microsoft Maren – On The Fly Arabic Translation Utilityhttp://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/07/02/microsoft-maren-on-the-fly-arabic-translation-utility.aspxI love stuff like this….smart, innovative use of technology to make people’s lives easier. The essence of Blue Monster. Our Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center (CMIC) released Microsoft Maren today – a Windows extension that allows you to type Arabic inen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)re: Microsoft Maren – On The Fly Arabic Translation Utilityhttp://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/07/02/microsoft-maren-on-the-fly-arabic-translation-utility.aspx#9815549Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:24:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9815549timeshare<p>thats frickin cool. hows the accuracy though?</p> re: Microsoft Maren – On The Fly Arabic Translation Utilityhttp://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/07/02/microsoft-maren-on-the-fly-arabic-translation-utility.aspx#9844388Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:08:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9844388Debbie<p>hi Steve, to be more accurate, Maren is a transliteration tool, not a translation tool, you have to type the Arabic word in Roman characters but have to know the spelling in Arabic to select from a drop-down list of options. It is a great tool rather than using an Arabic keyboard.</p>