Talk:Translation of the Qur'an
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Hold on there a moment. Translating large documents is not something Wikipedia is about. See What Wikipedia is not #s 10, 14 and 15. We are an encyclopedia first and foremost. However, Wikiquote can be used to post a great many selected translated quotes. --mav
- Also, I seem to recall that, according to Islam, the Koran cannot be translated (because meaning is always lost in translation): one English-language version I have seen is therefore called "The meaning of the glorious Koran". Vicki Rosenzweig
Translators
Obviously this fits to an extent onto this page, however, if the section grows (with descriptions and attributes of their translations) then I believe it might need to be moved to a new page. Also, what should be the guideline about which translators to put? There are so many translations (which you will see if you view my link) but only a few of them are well known. Just discuss what you think the guidelines of this should be. gren
List of translators
for some reason grenavitar decided to add John Arberry twice. He did not understand that I created a new section of less well-known translators. someone should revert to my last edit or simply get rid of his name under well-known translators.