Comments on: Surrealism and the Beirut Municipality Website

By: lara

lara — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:45:29 +0000

I am searching for this famous website but it seems that it is no more on the network. This is the major problem in Lebanon translators are not esteemed and the public institutions prefer to “ywafro” on the account of the credibility. I called recently the MoH the person who replied said Mrs. Vallet if we need any translator we will search int he “majliss El Khedme el Madaniyeh” come on guys are we kidding here one single translator can not afford to do all the job by himself a public website as this is the mission of a team junior translators senior ones a proofreader an editor a copywriter in lebanon a translator is usually confused with an editor why are people studying arab or foreign literature they are not losers who can not study medicine they are as important as any other persons in lebanon the pb many professions are considered “madyaiit waket” and not “lazmeh” therefore “lachou” to pay a confirmed translator google can do the job “chil ya fil” …

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By: Samer

Samer — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:17:09 +0000

The website says: توقيع مذكرة تفاهم بين بلدية باريس وبلدية بيروت

Barki bise3douwon bi Paris ytarjmo el website mazbout lal french

By: Doreen

Doreen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:29:04 +0000

The most hilarious translation is Umm all Shara’e3 = Mother of Sharia! Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

By: Rami

Rami — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:27:01 +0000

i would not believe that Beirut has had an official website! Bravo guys…
as for the raised issue the solution it’s very simple, progressive and innovative:
let’s hire a standing not standing for Beirut
he will be in charge of the web maintenance and follow up!!!! Mish fikra?!?!?!

By: Doreen

Doreen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:30:41 +0000

I called up Beirut Municipality to ask about this, because even the Arabic page is a disaster (there’s a section on electricity in the Beirut history page!). I spoke to an employee who told me that the webmaster in charge of the website CMS is not making any changes to it, and won’t give them the username and password. And apparently, he is close to the mayor. (That’s what he said – I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the information!). Apparently the municipal council has received many complaints about the website but they’re doing nothing about it.

By: Rayan

Rayan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:48:35 +0000

I remember when this municipality was elected and they won, they promised to make a website and to keep updating it with the latest municipality news and projects.

Six years on, we see that they did make a website, but its a very shameful one that I would rather we not have (of course I would prefer a better one).

Now, 6 years, it is elections time again. Due to the fact that the current municipality is backed by a certain party, Beirutis will unfortunately vote for it again, without re-evaluating the previous six years of no work, bad traffic, and bad and slow road maintenance, and not battling “parking space ownership” on public streets.

This is no democracy, this is “zaim worship”, and I hope it will someday end.

Yes for a competent municipality, yes for for more knowledgeable, aware voters with a true sense of citizenship.