From: draqonfayir@juno.com
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 15:21:54 EST
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:25:43 -0800 Anton Sherwood <bronto@pobox.com>
writes:
> aingelja wrote:
> > Well, proper names can be used in their original form or can be
> > translated. In Spain is quite usual the second one. For example,
> > we don't write "Saddam Hussein", but "Sadam Husein". . . .
> I believe that is a more faithful transliteration, as Arabic does
> not
> distinguish long consonants in writing. Of course an even more
> faithful transliteration would be "sdm hsyn" ;)
> --
> Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/
-
Arabic does mark geminated consonants, it's just that the gemination mark
is on the same need-level as the vowels, so you usually drop it when
writing.
-Stephen (Steg)
"en catalaƱazor / perdiĆ³ almanzor / el atambor"
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