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French translation: de droite à gauche

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English term or phrase:	right-to-left
French translation:	de droite à gauche
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01:54 Jan 25, 2011

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Art/Literary - Linguistics

English term or phrase: right-to-left

A language is described as right-to-left (or RTL) if writing starts from the right of the page, and continues to the left. Examples include Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Syriac, Dhivehi and Yiddish. (Wikipedia)

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de droite à gauche

Explanation:
L'arabe s'écrit de droite à gauche.

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