Arabic-L:TRANS:Needs advice on English to Arabic translation

[Dilworth Parkinson]

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Arabic-L: Mon 30 Dec 2002
Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu]
[To unsubscribe, send message to listserv at byu.edu with first line
reading:
           unsubscribe arabic-l                                      ]

-------------------------Directory-------------------------------------

1) Subject:Needs advice on English to Arabic translation

-------------------------Messages--------------------------------------
1)
Date:  30 Dec 2002
From: "wa'el Al-Qara'n" <wqaran at birzeit.edu>
Subject:Needs advice on English to Arabic translation

[moderator's note: Wa'el received a degree in physics several years ago
and has been teaching at Bir Zeit for several years.  He sent us the
following query which I thought I would post.  If any of you have
advice for Wa'el, please send it directly to him at the address
above.---Dil]

I do not know if you still remember me. I graduated with a PH.D. in
Physics way back in 1993. I was involved with the Arabic Club. The last
time
I was at BYU was back in the summer of 1998. I did research with my
advisor,
Dr. Larry Knight.
Anyway, I have been working in the Physics Department at Birzeit
University since 1994. I have recently began to get interested in
translating books from English to Arabic. This started when I wanted to
help
my students understand the material better by offering them the chance
to
read it in Arabic. All the books we use are in English, and our students
tend to suffer sometimes because of that.
This led me to another field. Most of the books I read are in English.
Many people in this part of the world do not have the capacity to read
books
in English, even college educated people. I think this is a shame.
Books can
bring people together, by helping them see what there really is on the
other
side.
I would like to translate books, but I do not have a good idea of where
I
can start. Do you have any ideas?

sincerely
wael karain

------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
End of Arabic-L:  30 Dec 2002