Why Excel files often break when translated from Arabic to French
Translating corporate data from Arabic to French is one of the most demanding tasks in technical localization.
The primary challenge stems from the fundamental difference in reading direction between the two languages.
Arabic follows a Right-to-Left (RTL) script, while French utilizes a Left-to-Right (LTR) script, creating a conflict in the spreadsheet’s coordinate system.
When a standard translation tool processes an Excel file, it often fails to re-orient the column headers and cell alignments correctly.
Modern Excel files, which use the .xlsx OpenXML standard, store layout information within complex XML sub-files.
These files contain specific tags like
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