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I see that a native Arabic speaker has changed the translation of the title's of Qabbani's first book of poetry قالت لي السمراء as "The Tanned Woman Told Me." I would like to respectfully argue for the translation to be changed back to "The Dark-Skinned Woman..." or perhaps "The Brown-Skinned Woman..." I was under the impression that سمراء applies to a woman (in this case) whose skin is naturally brown, not browned by exposure to the sun. On the other hand, to me the word "tanned" in English sounds more like someone whose skin is darker than it would normally be due to natural or artificial exposure to the sun. As a translator I just feel that the aforementioned suggested translations work better. Please forgive me if I am misinformed.-- Jrastro 02:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
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I thought it would be good to list some of Qabbani's work that is available in translation. I contributed a few titles I knew of in English, but I'm sure there has been translation into other languages, especially French; is anyone here familiar with Qabbani translations in other languages? Nachyk 20:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
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Would be super nice if anyone could assist with correcting spelling of last name which should be Kabbani with K not Q. Was able to make the change in the text but not the title and other pages. Thank you --
Angelikmeg 23:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I understand that someone may decide to personally render (for his or her name, for instance) but if I'm not mistaken the scholarly consensus for rendering Nizar Qabbani in English is "Nizar Qabbani." I believe this "q" is meant to reflect the Arabic letter "qaf." To declare that Kabbani is the only acceptable spelling is frankly false. It appears that other editors have kept the spelling as Qabbani. Also, is the word "pretigious" really necessary in the bio? It sounds non-encycolpedic to me. I also noticed that someone changed the "Brunette Told Me" back to "The Tanned Woman Said to Me." I thought the discussion on this discussion page came to a consensus. Please don't change anything in this article that has been decided by discussion to be rendered one way or another. Instead, contribute to the discussion and state your case for the changes. 71.160.10.48 19:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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I see that a native Arabic speaker has changed the translation of the title's of Qabbani's first book of poetry قالت لي السمراء as "The Tanned Woman Told Me." I would like to respectfully argue for the translation to be changed back to "The Dark-Skinned Woman..." or perhaps "The Brown-Skinned Woman..." I was under the impression that سمراء applies to a woman (in this case) whose skin is naturally brown, not browned by exposure to the sun. On the other hand, to me the word "tanned" in English sounds more like someone whose skin is darker than it would normally be due to natural or artificial exposure to the sun. As a translator I just feel that the aforementioned suggested translations work better. Please forgive me if I am misinformed.-- Jrastro 02:24, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Translated works
I thought it would be good to list some of Qabbani's work that is available in translation. I contributed a few titles I knew of in English, but I'm sure there has been translation into other languages, especially French; is anyone here familiar with Qabbani translations in other languages? Nachyk 20:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Help with editing
Would be super nice if anyone could assist with correcting spelling of last name which should be Kabbani with K not Q. Was able to make the change in the text but not the title and other pages. Thank you --
Angelikmeg 23:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I understand that someone may decide to personally render (for his or her name, for instance) but if I'm not mistaken the scholarly consensus for rendering Nizar Qabbani in English is "Nizar Qabbani." I believe this "q" is meant to reflect the Arabic letter "qaf." To declare that Kabbani is the only acceptable spelling is frankly false. It appears that other editors have kept the spelling as Qabbani. Also, is the word "pretigious" really necessary in the bio? It sounds non-encycolpedic to me. I also noticed that someone changed the "Brunette Told Me" back to "The Tanned Woman Said to Me." I thought the discussion on this discussion page came to a consensus. Please don't change anything in this article that has been decided by discussion to be rendered one way or another. Instead, contribute to the discussion and state your case for the changes. 71.160.10.48 19:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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