maybe the skin is does not support localization...
try the default skins like 'custom' or whatever see if it works then.

yes, i tried on custom, too. no luck!

here: http://msafi.com/blogs/index.php/a

alrite im out of ideas ;) (i'm not a guru just some random - so dont loose hope ;))

Well i figured it would be the skin because alot of the time skins couldnt care less about localization, but plugins/sideitems/panels usually do.

EDIT:
Mayb there is more things that need to replaced in the language file... seeing all the skins didnt pick it up.
Do a search for comment or trackback inside the language file and make sure u've replaced them all

yeah, some other guys successfully localized into arabic. may be i should get in touch with them.

ok, it turned out that i had to choose the language for the post. my test post was set to English. i changed it to arabic and some of the localizations took effect. still, there are some items that didn't translate.

thanks,