06-12-2011, 06:27 PM |
hassan bashir
hassan bashir
Registered: 02-17-2006
Total Posts: 1302
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Re: Poor contributions to the ENGLISH forum .. reasons and solutions! (Re: Hisham Amin)
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Dear Abdul Latif and Hisham
Couldn't agree more. The English forum should be as lively and active as the Arabic one.
If you have noticed, most of the news articles in Arabic nowadays are translated from the English versions in major news agencies, whether Reuters, AP or AFP.
Leading Arabic newspapers, such as Asharq Al Awsat, resort to translating, not only articles, but also writings by noted columnists in NY Times, Washington Post, IHT, CSM, etc.
It always tastes different when you read anything in the original language. No matter how accurate and good, things tend to lose their appeal when they get translated.
On the other hand, and not that I look the Arabic down, but English has become the dominant medium of communication, and the language of education. It is no longer a British commodity, but rather a universal tool for bringing people together.
I am very glad to see more people coming into this forum and I hope one day, it will be as popular as the Arabic one.
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