NuruddinPlaysMC
Assigned
Reported
MCL-25006
Picking Jawi Malay in the launcher does not set the orientation to right-to-left, unlike other RTL languages
Confirmed
MC-261626
Reversed Comma doesn't render properly when using the Unicode font
Fixed
MCPE-166050
The Zero-Width Non-Joiner shows as a "ZWNJ" box
Won't Fix
MCPE-166048
Jawi-exclusive characters don't connect with the normal Arabic characters
Confirmed
MC-226968
Long Advancement Name
Duplicate
MC-226359
The Zero-Width Non-Joiner shows as a "ZWNJ" box
Fixed
Comments
I think I have a explaination for this anomaly (this might be completely wrong though)
Since Bedrock suffers from the Arabic text bug (MCPE-102971), some (if not all) Arabic translation project utilizes tools to make it render properly in Bedrock, such as this converter
From what I understand, the converter flips the letter order from right-to-left to left-to-right, and then do all the other conversions stuff... The converter actually flips the entire text, instead of doing it for each sentence... I think this is why the order of the text are "upside down", it's because the last word in the entire entire has now become the first word in the entire text since the order is flipped if that makes sense
Comparison (take note the position of the 1 & 2 marker) (copy the Converted Text and put it after /say in a command block to replicate this in-game)
So it's most likely a problem on the converter's end, as I have tried replicating the bug with a pack that didn't utilize the converter, and it work just fine (attached to the bug report). The first line starts with لن تتمكن and the second line ends with إنشاء عالمك as it was in the original text
لن تتمكن من تحقيق إنجازات في هذا العالم باستخدام إعداداتك الحالية. إذا
:كنت ترغب في كسب الإنجازات ، فقم بتغيير هذه الإعدادات قبل إنشاء عالمكStill happening as of Release 1.19.11 and Beta/Preview 1.19.20.24
I feel like I need to add some info to this bug report, so sorry for the bump
This bug is still an issue in 1.18.12
And it not just affects the three places that mohamed elmakhloufi mentioned, it effects everything with Arabic letters, including the GUIs
Tested with the Translations for Minecraft pack
As seen in this screenshot, some appear properly, thanks to a workaround, and some doesn't, like the "الموسيقى و الاصوات", which appears as "تاوصالا و ىقيسوملا"
Workaround
This workaround has been used in some Arabic language packs for a while now
For this I will use the translation for the "Keyboard & Mouse" (الکيبورد) button for the example
Write the word like this "ﺩﺭﻮﺒﻴﻜﻟﺍ", instead of "الکيبورد"
The word will show in-game as "الکيبورد" instead of "دروبيكلا"
Yeah, a pretty annoying workaround, but that is the best you can do 😞
Even though I'm not a native Arab, it would be really nice to see this bug get fixed
Also happens with Malay translations of the "Glow and Behold", "The Healing Power of Friendship!" and the "Is It a Bird?" advancements...
For more info see MC-226968
Oh is it? Thanks for informing!
Couldn't find an report about this before reporting
A late response, just noticed this comment just now, and the bug report is still not resolved as of now (and still bugged as of the latest launcher update).
I believe that this is not the fault of the translator (which is me in this case), as the Crowdin project for the launcher does set the orientation correctly in the editor. I think someone in the launcher team simply forgot to set the text direction for Jawi script Malay (بهاس ملايو (مليسيا)⁏ language code zlmarab on Crowdin) to right-to-left (like Persian) when the language option got added earlier this year, and as the result this bug happened.