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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's view of translation? Question 2 of 6Where, according to the essay, did Europeans translate Arabic works? Question 3 of 6What does the example of "sabr" and "patience" illustrate? Question 4 of 6What does the essay mean by a translator choosing "his betrayal consciously"? Question 5 of 6Why does the author mention Baghdad and Toledo together? Question 6 of 6What does calling translation "an admission of humility" imply? Vocabularyخَائِنtraitor
قَاسٍharsh
لَا تَتَطَابَقُdon't match
ظِلَالshades, connotations
عَارِيَةnaked, bare
مَكْسُوَّةclothed, covered
الْإِغْرِيقthe Greeks
طُلَيْطِلَةToledo
الْأَمَانَة الْمُطْلَقَةabsolute fidelity
يُضَحِّي بِـsacrifices
غَرَابَةstrangeness
التَّوَاضُعhumility