Tag: Purim

In the last month I got involved in translating Padre – the Perl IDE (== programmers editor ). 

The Help –> “About” window – both in Hebrew and in Arabic – have the text reverse. This is very funny :-).

The Padre 0.84 appears as: 48.0 erdaP. 

This perfectly suits the atmosphere of today’s holiday.

Today is the Jewish holiday of Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים) – and many of us (here in Israel) are wearing masks and costumes,  and feel happier than usual.
So I think it will be just nice to show Padre in its Hebrew and Arabic “mask”. 

And … since I love Padre (of course) – I hope to fix it!

Hebrew Padre: 

Arabic Padre 0.84: 

And now – reversed text in the “About”, Hebrew and Arabic: 

Persian:
And — last one, just for fun, in Persian / ( فارسی == Fārsi ) / Iranian. 

This is because the biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther) – which is read in this holiday – is set in the third year of Ahasuerus / Xerxes, the king of ancient Persia.
Persian Padre :