Arabic-L:TRANS:Gratuitous 'foreignization'

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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Date:  18 Oct 2001
From: Vito Evola <vito.evola at libero.it>
Subject: Gratuitous 'foreignization'

Jackie-

you're email on the English translation of Allah made me think. Could
it be that the reason why the term for "God" has had resistance in
modern translation (esp. of Muslims) because of the sacrality of the
Quranic language?

Interested,
Vito Evola

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