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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 7 28 December 2009 at 10:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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I just received this book. Although a bit pricey at $50, I think it is worth every penny. View the sample preview. It is over 730 pages and the pages are full 9.5 x 11 size. It presents cultural aspects of Arabic culture through the use of cartoons, a corresponding translation and discussion.
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| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5608 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 7 29 December 2009 at 12:13am | IP Logged | ||
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Ooh that sounds really interesting :)
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| olawale12345 Newbie Nigeria Joined 5439 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 3 of 7 02 January 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I NEED THE LINK TO THE BOOK
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| flabbergasted Triglot Groupie Latvia Joined 6355 days ago 75 posts - 97 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Latvian Studies: Arabic (classical), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Serbo-Croatian, Catalan, Persian | Message 4 of 7 05 January 2010 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Could tell a bit more about its contents? Is it a bilingual manual to Arabic culture or a
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| JasonBourne Groupie United States Joined 5751 days ago 65 posts - 111 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Arabic (Written), Turkish | Message 5 of 7 07 January 2010 at 8:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Haha, thanks for the link. The book cover made me laugh out loud!
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| translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 7 08 January 2010 at 5:51am | IP Logged | ||
The book contains around 450-500 cartoons from Arabic speaking countries (political cartoons, satire, etc). In most cases, a translation into English or at least an explanation is provided followed by a (sometimes quite lenghty) discussion of the cultural aspects of the cartoon (why are they saying this or that, why are they behaving this way and why this is different than the West, etc.). Again, the book is over 700 pages and huge (9 1/2 x 11 inches) so well worth the $50 in my opinion if you are an advanced learner of Arabic. The sample is pretty much representative of the entire book.
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| flabbergasted Triglot Groupie Latvia Joined 6355 days ago 75 posts - 97 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Latvian Studies: Arabic (classical), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Serbo-Croatian, Catalan, Persian | Message 7 of 7 09 January 2010 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the info!
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