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Submitting an AEA Awards Entry Arabic-First

2026-09-15 · 5 min

Write in the language of the work. Equal quality bars. Machine translation is a draft, not a ship decision.

AEA Awards judges score evidence quality, not English prestige. If the workforce, the managers, and the source systems are Arabic-first, write Arabic-first.

The failure mode is a polished English essay with a thin Arabic annex. Equal length is not required. Equal specificity is.