IMO, a simple link, no matter the length, does not stand out enough. My (not a UX/design person) suggestion to make it more noticeable would be to make it an OOUI button (or look like one) like the publish page/changes button. However, this might make it stand out too much or clutter discussions.

Many users are suggesting putting the word "reply" between these two symbols: <<reply>>.
Something like this:

I think making it a button would be too distracting. I'd suggest to just put it inside parentheses: (Reply), that'd work across languages

What about making the formatting the same as or similar to the section edit buttons (i.e. "[ reply ]" in Vector and most skins, "reply" with an icon to the left in Timeless)?

We will be considering various approaches to making the link more visible, including the ones mentioned here. In the meantime I would suggest lengthening the translation in Arabic (e.g. "Reply to this" / "Reply to this comment").

In T249184#6023481, @Esanders wrote:

We will be considering various approaches to making the link more visible, including the ones mentioned here. In the meantime I would suggest lengthening the translation in Arabic (e.g. "Reply to this" / "Reply to this comment").

{{done}} using: "Do the reply", قم بالردّ. Is it acceptable?

In T249184#6023550, @Dyolf77_WMF wrote:

In T249184#6023481, @Esanders wrote:

We will be considering various approaches to making the link more visible, including the ones mentioned here. In the meantime I would suggest lengthening the translation in Arabic (e.g. "Reply to this" / "Reply to this comment").

{{done}} using: "Do the reply", قم بالردّ. Is it acceptable?

We default to your expertise here, @Dyolf77_WMF. So if you think "Do the reply", قم بالردّ is best, that sounds great to us.

Our only request is that if you notice people being confused by what the link means/does, that you'll let us know so we can work together to think of a different approach.