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Translation - Arabic-English - ان الذي لم يعرف ...

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Title
ان الذي لم يعرف ...
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Submitted by Abderasmus
Source language: Arabic

لقد كتب "جوته" في احد مؤلفاته..."ان الذي
لم يعرف اللغات الاجنابية لا يعرف جيدا لغته".
Remarks about the translation
ليس هناك اي غموض او التباس.

Title
Goethe wrote in one of his works...
Translation
English

Translated by ghasemkiani
Target language: English

Goethe wrote in one of his works, “A man who does not know foreign languages is ignorant of his own.”
Validated by lilian canale - 5 October 2008 16:24





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3 October 2008 19:20

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Hi ghasemkiani,

It should be either "a foreign language" or "foreign languages"

What do you say? Is that singular or plural?

4 October 2008 06:51

ghasemkiani
Number of messages: 175
Hello, lilian canale

Thanks for the suggestion. You're right. I prefer the plural form, noting the original German quote: "Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen." I have edited my translaton, using the plural form.