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ها العوامل والعمليات الي سمعتها here|factors|and processes|that|I heard These factors and processes that I heard

لا يمكن إيقافها مهما حاولت. not|can|stop her|no matter how|you tried cannot be stopped no matter how hard you try.

كل لغة في العالم مصيرها التغيير. Every|language|in|the world|its destiny|change Every language in the world is destined to change.

بني آدم بيظل يحاول أن يقلل من الجهد Adam|Adam|keeps|trying|to|reduce|from|effort Human beings will always try to minimize effort.

الذي يبذله ويختصر في الكلام، who|exerts himself|and is concise|in|speech The effort he puts in and the brevity of his speech,

بيلتقي مع شعوب أخرى وبيتعلم ويستعير منها، He meets|with|peoples|other|and learns|and borrows|from them meets with other peoples and learns and borrows from them,

أو قد ينعزل وتبدأ تتكون لغته الخاصة. or|might|isolate|and start|to form|his language|private or he may isolate himself and start to form his own language.

اللهجات الي تسمعها من حولك هي في الواقع dialects|that|you hear|from|around you|they|in|reality The dialects you hear around you are actually

في طريقها للتحول إلى لغات جديدة. on|her way||into|languages|new on their way to becoming new languages.

لكن، هل بيكتمل هذا التحول أو لأ؟ but|does|complete|this|transformation|or|not But, will this transformation be completed or not?

الله العالم. God|the All-Knowing Only God knows.

ممكن يكون هذا الشيء محبط بالنسبة لك. it might|be|this|thing|frustrating|for|you This might be frustrating for you.

لغتك جميلة، حرام تختفي وتندثر. Your language|is beautiful|it's a shame|to disappear|and become extinct Your language is beautiful, it's a shame for it to disappear and become extinct.

ما فيه أي طريقة نقدر نحميها؟ there is|is|any|way|we can|protect her Is there any way we can protect it?

فيه شيء واحد بس ممكن يساعد في حفظ اللغة: there is|one thing|one|only|might|help|in|retaining|language There is only one thing that can help in preserving the language:

القراءة والكتابة. reading|and writing reading and writing.

عبر التاريخ، اللغات الي وُضع لها نظام كتابي، دُوّنت قواعدها، throughout|history|languages|which|were established|for them|system||were recorded|their rules Throughout history, languages that have a writing system established, their rules documented,

عُلّم الناس، خصوصًا الأطفال، كيف تُقرأ وتُكتب، taught|people|especially|children|how|to read|and to write and people, especially children, taught how to read and write,

هي اللغات التي صمدت. They|languages|that|endured are the languages that have survived.

مع القراءة والكتابة، with|reading|and writing With reading and writing,

الناس يصير عندها تصور عن الشكل الصحيح للغة، People|develop|have|perception|about|correct|proper|of the language people develop a perception of the correct form of the language,

وهذا يحد من تغييرها. and this|limits|from|changing it and this limits its change.

لكن خلي في بالك، القراءة والكتابة تبطئ التغيير، لكنها ما توقفه. but|keep|in|mind|reading|and writing|slows|change|but it|not|stops it But keep in mind, reading and writing slow down change, but they do not stop it.

اللغة الحقيقية هي الموجودة في الأفواه، language|true|is|existing|in|mouths The real language is the one that exists in the mouths,

مو بالمكتوب على الورق. not|in what is written|on|paper Not what is written on paper.

والأفواه دائمًا تتغير، وتتغير معاها اللغة. and the mouths|always|change|and change|with it|the language And mouths always change, and the language changes with them.

لو صارت معجزة، ورجع كل الناس إلى لغتهم بحلتها الأصلية، if|happened|miracle|and returned|all|people|to|their language|in its|original form If a miracle happened, and all people returned to their language in its original form,

بعد كام جيل، تظهر لنا لهجات جديدة، وهذا شيء لا يمكن مقاومته. after|how many|generation|appear|to us|dialects|new|and this|something|not|can|be resisted after a few generations, new dialects would emerge, and this is something that cannot be resisted.

اللغات الوحيدة الي ما تتغير هي اللغات المنقرضة، languages|only|that|not|change|are|languages|extinct The only languages that do not change are the extinct languages.

اللغات الي هجرها أصحابها، ومات كل من يتكلمها. languages|that|abandoned|its speakers|and died|all|who|speaks it Languages that have been abandoned by their speakers, and everyone who spoke them has died.

موجودة ومحفوظة في الكتب، existing|and preserved|in|the books They exist and are preserved in books,

ما تتغير ولا يضاف عليها شيء…وما حد يتكلمها. not|changes|nor|added|to it|anything|and no|one|speaks it they do not change nor is anything added to them... and no one speaks them.

لكن، قبل لا يغمرك الحزن على حال لغتك، but|before|not|overwhelms you|sadness|about|condition|your language But, before you are overwhelmed with sadness about the state of your language,

حط في بالك هذا الشيء: put|in|your mind|this|thing keep this in mind:

التغير والزيادة دليل إن اللغة مازالت حية، change|and increase|evidence|that|language|is still|alive Change and increase are evidence that the language is still alive,

مازالت مستخدمة، وتتناقل من جيل إلى جيل، still|used|and is passed down|from|generation|to|generation still in use, and passed down from generation to generation,

مازالت مرغوبة. is still|desirable still desired.

التغيير ليس بالضرورة تشويهًا للغة، change|is not|necessarily|distortion|of the language 改变不一定是语言的扭曲。 Change is not necessarily a distortion of the language,

بل قد يكون سبب استمرارها. but|may|be|reason|its continuation but it may be the reason for its continuity.