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كان المحامي السيد أترسون رجلًا خشن القسمات، لم تضئ وجهه ابتسامة قطّ.
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To make our difficulties plain, let us concentrate attention on the table. To the eye it is oblong, brown and shiny, to the touch it is smooth and cool and hard; when I tap it, it gives out a wooden sound. Any one else who sees and feels and hears the table will agree with this description, so that it might seem as if no difficulty would arise; but as soon as we try to be more precise our troubles begin. Although I believe that the table is 'really' of the same colour all over, the parts that reflect the light look much brighter than the other parts, and some parts look white because of reflected light. I know that, if I move, the parts that reflect the light will be different, so that the apparent distribution of colours on the table will change.Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, 1912
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ولجعل الصعوبات التي نواجهها واضحة، دعونا نركز اهتمامنا على الطاولة. بالنسبة للعين فهو مستطيل وبني ولامع، أما عند اللمس فهو ناعم وبارد وصلب؛ عندما اضغط عليه، فإنه يعطي صوت خشبي. وأي شخص آخر يرى ويشعر ويسمع الطاولة يوافق على هذا الوصف، حتى يبدو أنه لا توجد صعوبة؛ ولكن بمجرد أن نحاول أن نكون أكثر دقة، تبدأ مشاكلنا. على الرغم من أنني أعتقد أن الطاولة "حقًا" لها نفس اللون في كل مكان، إلا أن الأجزاء التي تعكس الضوء تبدو أكثر سطوعًا من الأجزاء الأخرى، وبعض الأجزاء تبدو بيضاء بسبب الضوء المنعكس. أعلم أنني إذا تحركت فإن الأجزاء التي تعكس الضوء ستختلف، وبالتالي سيتغير التوزيع الظاهري للألوان على الطاولة.
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ولكي نوضح ما يواجهنا من صعوبات، فلنركّز انتباهنا على الطاولة. فهي تبدو للعين مستطيلة وبنية ولامعة، وللمس ملساء وباردة وصلبة؛ وحين أنقر عليها، تُصدر صوتًا خشبيًا. وأي شخص آخر يرى الطاولة ويلمسها ويسمعها سيوافق على هذا الوصف، حتى إنه قد يبدو أنه لن تنشأ أي صعوبة؛ غير أن متاعبنا تبدأ بمجرد أن نحاول أن نكون أكثر دقة. ومع أنني أعتقد أن الطاولة «حقًا» ذات لون واحد في سائر أجزائها، فإن الأجزاء التي تعكس الضوء تبدو أشد سطوعًا بكثير من الأجزاء الأخرى، وتبدو بعض الأجزاء بيضاء بسبب الضوء المنعكس. وأنا أعلم أنني إن تحركت، فإن الأجزاء التي تعكس الضوء ستختلف، ومن ثَمَّ سيتغير التوزيع الظاهري للألوان على الطاولة.
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And to make the difficulties we face clear, allow us to focus our interest on the table. As for the eye, he is oblong, brown and shiny, and to the touch he is smooth, cold and hard; when press on him!, he gives wooden sound. And any other person who sees and feels and hears the table agrees with this description, so that it seems there is no difficulty; but as soon as we try to be more precise, our problems begin. Although I believe the table “really” has the same color everywhere, the parts that reflect the light look brighter than the other parts, and some parts look white because of the reflected light. I know that if I moved, the parts that reflect the light would differ, and so the apparent distribution of colors on the table will change.
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So that we may make plain the difficulties facing us, let us focus our attention on the table. To the eye she looks oblong, brown and shiny, and to the touch smooth, cool and hard; and when I tap on her, she gives out a wooden sound. And anyone else who sees the table, touches it and hears it will agree with this description, so much so that it may seem no difficulty will arise; but our troubles begin as soon as we try to be more precise. And although I believe the table is “really” of one color in all its parts, the parts that reflect the light look much brighter than the other parts, and some parts look white because of the reflected light. And I know that if I move, the parts that reflect the light will differ, and so the apparent distribution of colors on the table will change.
“I find, now I look into things a little, Rosy, that it is wonderful what an amount of money slips away in our housekeeping. I suppose the servants are careless, and we have had a great many people coming. But there must be many in our rank who manage with much less: they must do with commoner things, I suppose, and look after the scraps. It seems, money goes but a little way in these matters, for Wrench has everything as plain as possible, and he has a very large practice.”
“Oh, if you think of living as the Wrenches do!” said Rosamond, with a little turn of her neck. “But I have heard you express your disgust at that way of living.”George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872
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"أجد الآن، بعد أن ألقيت نظرة على الأمور قليلًا يا روزي، أنه لأمر رائع أن يضيع مبلغ من المال في أعمالنا المنزلية. أفترض أن الخدم مهملون، وقد جاء إلينا عدد كبير جدًا من الناس. لكن لا بد أن يكون هناك الكثير في رتبتنا الذين يدبرون أمورهم بأقل من ذلك بكثير: يجب عليهم أن يتعاملوا مع الأشياء العامة، على ما أعتقد، وأن يعتنوا بالقصاصات. يبدو أن المال لا يقطع شوطًا طويلاً في هذه الأمور، لأن رينش لديه كل شيء واضح قدر الإمكان، ولديه قدر كبير جدًا من المال. الممارسة."
"أوه، إذا كنت تفكر في العيش كما يفعل الشدات!" قالت روزاموند وقد لفت رقبتها قليلًا. "لكنني سمعت أنك تعبر عن اشمئزازك من طريقة العيش هذه."
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«أجد يا روزي، والآن وقد نظرتُ في الأمور قليلًا، أن من العجيب كم يتسرب من المال في تدبير بيتنا. وأحسب أن الخدم مهملون، وقد توافد علينا كثير من الناس. غير أنه لا بد أن كثيرين في مثل طبقتنا يدبرون أمورهم بأقل من هذا بكثير؛ إذ لا بد أنهم يكتفون بأشياء أشد تواضعًا، فيما أحسب، ويحرصون على الفتات. ويبدو أن المال لا يفي إلا بالقليل في هذه الشؤون، فكل شيء لدى رنش على أبسط ما يكون، مع أن ممارسته الطبية واسعة جدًا.»
«آه، إن كنت تفكر في العيش كما يعيش آل رنش!» قالت روزاموند مع التفاتة خفيفة بعنقها. «بيد أني سمعتك تبدي اشمئزازك من طريقة العيش تلك.»
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“I find now, after I have taken a little look at things, Rosy, that it is a marvelous thing that a sum of money is lost in our household work. I suppose the servants are careless, and a very large number of people have come to us. But there must be many in our rank who manage their affairs with much less than that: they must deal with public things, I think, and look after the paper clippings. It seems money does not travel a long distance in these matters, because Wrench has everything as clear as possible, and he has a very great amount of money. The practice.”
“Oh, if you are thinking of living as the wrenches do!” said Rosamond, having twisted her neck a little. “But I have heard you express your disgust at this way of living.”
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“I find, Rosy, now that I have looked into things a little, that it is astonishing how much money trickles away in the running of our house. I reckon the servants are careless, and many people have flocked to us. Yet there must be many of our class who manage with much less than this; for they must make do with humbler things, as I reckon, and take care over the crumbs. And it seems money covers only a little in these matters, for everything at Wrench’s is as simple as can be, though his medical practice is very large.”
“Ah, if you are thinking of living as the Wrench family lives!” said Rosamond, with a slight turn of her neck. “But I have heard you show your disgust at that way of living.”
It may be mentioned that there is yet another kind of curved space: “elliptical space.” It can be regarded as a curved space in which the two “counter-points” are identical (indistinguishable from each other). An elliptical universe can thus be considered to some extent as a curved universe possessing central symmetry.Albert Einstein, Relativity, English translation 1920
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وتجدر الإشارة إلى أن هناك نوعاً آخر من الفضاء المنحني: “الفضاء الإهليلجي”. ويمكن اعتباره مساحة منحنية تكون فيها "النقطتان المتقابلتان" متطابقتين (لا يمكن تمييزهما عن بعضهما البعض). وبالتالي يمكن اعتبار الكون الإهليلجي إلى حد ما كونًا منحنيًا يمتلك تناظرًا مركزيًا.
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تجدر الإشارة إلى أن ثمة نوعًا آخر من الفضاء المنحني: «الفضاء الإهليلجي». ويمكن عدّه فضاءً منحنياً تتطابق فيه «النقطتان المتقابلتان» (بحيث لا يمكن تمييز إحداهما عن الأخرى). وهكذا يمكن، إلى حدٍّ ما، عدّ الكون الإهليلجي كوناً منحنياً ذا تناظر مركزي.
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And it is worth noting that there is another kind of curved space: “elliptical space.” It can be regarded as a curved area in which the “two opposite points” are identical (they cannot be told apart from each other). And so the elliptical universe can be regarded to some extent as a curved universe that owns a central symmetry.
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It is worth noting that there is another kind of curved space: “elliptical space.” It can be counted a curved space in which the “two opposite points” coincide (so that one cannot be told apart from the other). And so, to some extent, the elliptical universe can be counted a curved universe having central symmetry.
Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee! And behold, Thou wert within, and I abroad, and there I searched for Thee; deformed I, plunging amid those fair forms which Thou hadst made. Thou wert with me, but I was not with Thee. Things held me far from Thee, which, unless they were in Thee, were not at all. Thou calledst, and shoutedst, and burstest my deafness. Thou flashedst, shonest, and scatteredst my blindness. Thou breathedst odours, and I drew in breath and panted for Thee. I tasted, and hunger and thirst. Thou touchedst me, and I burned for Thy peace.Saint Augustine, Confessions, English translation 1838
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لقد أحببتك متأخرًا جدًا، يا جمال الأيام القديمة، ولكن الجديد دائمًا! بعد فوات الأوان أحببتك! وها أنت كنت في الداخل وأنا في الخارج وهناك بحثت عنك. لقد شوهتُ نفسي، وانغمست وسط تلك الأشكال الجميلة التي صنعتها. كنت معي ولكني لم أكن معك. لقد أبعدتني عنك الأشياء، التي إن لم تكن فيك، لم تكن موجودة على الإطلاق. ناديت وصرخت ففجرت صممي. أشرقت وأشرقت وبددت عماي. لقد تنفست الروائح، وأنا استنشقت وألهث إليك. ذقت والجوع والعطش. لقد لمستني فاحترقت من أجل سلامك.
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متأخرًا أحببتُكَ، يا جمالًا قديمَ الأيام وجديدًا أبدًا! متأخرًا أحببتُكَ! وها أنتَ كنتَ في داخلي وأنا في الخارج، وهناك كنتُ أبحثُ عنك؛ وأنا المشوّه أرتمي بين تلك الصور الجميلة التي صنعتَها. كنتَ معي، غير أني لم أكن معكَ. حبستني عنكَ أشياءُ لولا أنها فيكَ لما كانت قط. ناديتَ، وصرختَ، وشققتَ صممي. أبرقتَ، وأشرقتَ، وبددتَ عماي. نفحتَ طيبًا، فاستنشقتُ نفَسًا ولهثتُ إليك. ذقتُ، وها أنا أجوعُ وأظمأ. لمستَني، فالتهبتُ شوقًا إلى سلامِك.
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I loved you very late, O beauty of the old days, but the always new! Too late I loved you! And behold, you were inside and I outside, and there I searched for you. I disfigured myself, and plunged amid those beautiful shapes that you made. You were with me but I was not with you. Things kept me far from you, which, if they were not in you, did not exist at all. You called and shouted and burst my deafness. You shone and shone and scattered my blindness. You breathed in the smells, and I inhaled and pant toward you. I tasted and the hunger and the thirst. You touched me and I burned for the sake of your peace.
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Late I loved you, O beauty ancient of days and new forever! Late I loved you! And behold, you were within me and I outside, and there I was seeking you; and I, the deformed one, flinging myself among those fair forms you made. You were with me, but I was not with you. Things held me back from you that, were they not in you, would never have been at all. You called, and you shouted, and you split my deafness. You flashed, and you shone, and you scattered my blindness. You breathed out fragrance, and I drew in a breath and panted for you. I tasted, and here I am, hungering and thirsting. You touched me, and I blazed with longing for your peace.
وقد خالف الأخلاقيون المتأخِّرون أسلافهم في قولهم، ليس الفقراء بعيب، فقالوا: الفقر أبو المعائب؛ لأنه مفتقرٌ للغير، والغناء استغناءٌ عن النّاس، ثمَّ قالوا: الفقر يذهب بعزّة النفس، ويفضي إلى خلع الحياء، وقالوا: إنَّ لحسن اللباس والأمتعة والتنعّم في المعيشة تأثيراً مهماً على نفوس البشر، خلافاً لمن يقول: ليس المرء بطيلسانه، وحديث «اخشوشنوا، فإن النعم لا تدوم» هو لأنّه يحمل على التعوّد جسماً على المشاقّ في الحروب والأسفار وعند الحاجة. فقالوا: إنَّ رغد العيش ونعيمه لمن أعظم الحاجات، به تعلو الهمم، ولأجله تُقتَحم العظائم.Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Taba’i‘ al-Istibdad (“The Nature of Despotism”), 1902
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The later moralists differed from their predecessors in saying that the poor are not defective, and they said: Poverty is the father of defects. Because he is in need of others, and singing is in need of people. Then they said: Poverty destroys self-esteem and leads to the removal of modesty. They said: Good clothing, possessions, and enjoyment in living have an important effect on people’s souls, contrary to those who say: A person is not with his tongue. The hadith, “Be careful, for blessings do not last” is because it forces the body to become accustomed to hardships in wars, travels, and when needed. They said: A prosperous and blissful life is one of the greatest needs. Through it, aspirations are raised, and because of it, great things are accomplished.
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Later moral philosophers differed from their predecessors over the saying that poverty is no disgrace, arguing instead: poverty is the father of all vices, because it entails dependence on others, whereas self-sufficiency is independence from people. They further maintained that poverty destroys self-respect and leads to abandoning modesty, asserting that fine clothing, fine goods, and comfortable living exert a profound influence on the human soul, contrary to those who say that a man is not defined by his mantle. As for the tradition, "Accustom yourselves to roughness, for ease does not last," it was only meant to habituate the body to hardship in war, travel, and times of need. Thus they held that affluence and its comforts are among the greatest necessities: through them aspirations are elevated, and for their sake great perils are braved.
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What each stage does to one sentence of Stevenson’s: “I incline to Cain’s heresy,” he used to say quaintly. “I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.”
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«إني أميل إلى هرطقة قابيل»، هكذا كان يقول بطرافته الغريبة، «أدعُ أخي يمضي إلى الشيطان على طريقته.»
Literally: “I incline to the heresy of Cain,” so he used to say with his odd wit, “I let my brother go to the devil his own way.”
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«إني أميل إلى هرطقة قابيل»، هكذا كان يقول بطرافته الغريبة، «أدعُ أخي يمضي إلى الشيطان على طريقته.»
وكان يقول بطرافته الغريبة: "إني أميل إلى هرطقة قابيل، فأدعُ أخي يمضي إلى الشيطان على طريقته".
Literally: And he used to say with his odd wit: “I incline to the heresy of Cain, so I let my brother go to the devil his own way.”
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ومع ذلك كان، على نحوٍ ما، محبَّبًا إلى القلب.
Literally: And yet he was, in some way, dear to the heart.
ومع ذلك، لأمر ما، محببًا إلى القلب.
Literally: And yet, for some reason, dear to the heart.
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وكان يقول بطرافته الغريبة: "إني أميل إلى هرطقة قابيل، فأدع أخي يمضي إلى الشيطان على طريقته".
Literally: And he used to say with his odd wit: “I incline to the heresy of Cain, so I let my brother go to the devil his own way.”
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Ninth centuryHunayn ibn Ishaq
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The eye, after Hunayn’s description, about 1200. Public domain.
1514Kitab Salat al-Sawa’i
A book of hours and the first known book printed in Arabic with movable type. Its colophon names Fano, Italy, as the place of printing, though some scholars argue it was printed in Venice.
Public domain.
1865Smith and Van Dyck
A new Arabic translation of the Bible, made in Beirut between 1847 and 1865 by Eli Smith, Cornelius Van Dyck and their Arab colleagues, and still read today.
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| أكسجين | O | ٨ |
E = mc2 (٣)
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Each page keeps the habits and the reading direction of its language: Arabic from the right, English from the left.
A quoted verse keeps its own words
When an English book quotes the Bible, the verse is not re-translated from the English quotation: it returns in the Arabic Bible’s own wording, with its reference, and your reviewer sees it before deciding. What the author paraphrased stays the author’s words. Checking Quran verses and hadith is coming soon; the Quran and hadith examples below show how it will work.
An English book quotes the verse word for word.
The whole sermon rests on one line: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The quotation is foundIts own words go inYour reviewer sees it
If the sentence were simply translatedالرب هو راعيّ، ولن أحتاج شيئًاLiterally: “The Lord is my shepherd, and I will not need anything.”
ٱلرَّبُّ رَاعِيَّ فَلَا يُعْوِزُنِي شَيْءٌ.
Literally: “The Lord is my shepherd, so nothing shall I lack.”
Psalm 23:1Van Dyck
The verse is set in the words of the Bible translation you chose, and keeps its chapter and verse.
A verse that looks like a grammar mistake to anyone who doesn’t know it.
The prologue opens: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The quotation is foundIts own words go inYour reviewer sees it
If the sentence were simply translatedفي البدء كانت الكلمة، وكانت الكلمة عند اللهLiterally: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God”, with “was” in the feminine, as the Arabic word for “word” is feminine.
فِي ٱلْبَدْءِ كَانَ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ، وَٱلْكَلِمَةُ كَانَ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ، وَكَانَ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ ٱللهَ.
Literally: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”, with “was” in the masculine.
John 1:1Van Dyck
This translation gives “the Word” a masculine verb, and that is how it stays. Nobody corrects it to the feminine.
The author did not quote the verse but put it in his own words.
As the psalmist reminds us, we lack nothing when the Lord leads.
The quotation is foundIts own words go inYour reviewer sees it
The translation itselfلا يعوزنا شيء حين يقودنا الربLiterally: “We lack nothing when the Lord leads us.”
كما يذكّرنا المرنّم، لا يعوزنا شيء حين يقودنا الرب.
Literally: “As the psalmist reminds us, we lack nothing when the Lord leads us.”
ParaphraseStays as the author wrote it
A paraphrase is not swapped for the verse. It stays in the author’s own words.
This works today for Christian books, with the Bible translation you choose. From Arabic into English, the same check works with the English Bible translation you name.
An English book quotes a verse by its meaning. An illustration.
As the Qur’an reminds us, God does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear, and the author returns to this verse in every chapter.
The quotation is foundIts own words go inYour reviewer sees it
If the sentence were simply translatedالله لا يثقل على نفس أكثر مما تحتملLiterally: “God does not weigh on a soul more than it can bear.”
﴿لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا﴾
Literally: “God does not charge a soul except with what is within its capacity.”
Al-Baqarah 2:286Uthmani script
The verse is not translated back from the English. It returns in its own words, with its place in the Quran.
An English book quotes a hadith. An illustration.
The tradition is well known: actions are judged by intentions, and every person will have what they intended.
The quotation is foundIts own words go inYour reviewer sees it
If the sentence were simply translatedالأفعال تُحاكَم بالنوايا، ولكل شخص ما قصدLiterally: “Deeds are put on trial by intentions, and every person has what he meant.”
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
Literally: “Actions are only by intentions, and every person shall have only what he intended.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 1
A hadith comes down in versions whose wording differs, so your reviewer sees what the sources record and chooses. In Sahih Muslim (1907):
إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لاِمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى
Literally: “Actions are only by intention, and a person shall have only what he intended.”
Checking Quran verses and hadith is coming soon to Tarjum; the text here shows what it will do. In a book going from Arabic into English, the verse will keep its own Arabic words, shown with the English translation you choose. We do not offer a new translation of the meanings of the Quran.
A full workbench for working on the text yourself
The source beside the translation, with the glossary, the memory, word study and an assistant at the sentence you are working on. Try the tools on the highlighted sentence.
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile.
كان المحامي السيد أترسون رجلًا خشن القسمات، لم تضئ وجهه ابتسامة قطّ.
He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages.
وكان يأخذ نفسه بالشدة: يشرب الجين إذا اختلى، إماتةً لهواه في الخمور المعتقة.
“I incline to Cain’s heresy,” he used to say quaintly.
وكان يقول بطرافته الغريبة: "إني أميل إلى هرطقة قابيل".
In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance.
Waiting for translation
Translation memory
Every sentence you approved comes back when it recurs, in this book and across the whole series. Your old memory comes in too, as TMX.
Word study
The senses of a word in its context and its dictionaries, with the one closest to the place you are in.
A glossary that settles
Decide a word once, and it stays that way from the first page to the last. Your existing glossary comes in as TBX.
What you built before comes with you
Years of work in Trados or another tool do not start from zero. Bring your memory, glossary and files, and the next book works from what you already approved.
Importing a memory and a glossary works today for books translated into Arabic. For books translated into English it is coming soon. What comes in can go out: export the memory, the glossary and the files in their formats whenever you like.
Translation memory
A TMX file from Trados or any other tool goes into your organization’s library, and every project reads from it. You set how far to trust what you import.
Glossary
Your TBX glossary enters the project as proposed terms, and you decide which ones stick.
XLIFF files
An XLIFF work file becomes a Tarjum project, with its segments and whatever translation it already holds.
Your dictionaries
A dictionary in TBX joins the sources you search.
Add-ons
Dictionaries, sources and tools you add when you need them. Each add-on becomes a command in your workspace, and a tool the agent can reach for while it translates.
Dictionaries
Arabic and bilingual, opened at the word you stop on.
Lisan al-ArabLane’s LexiconAlmaanyArabTermWiktionaryArabic WordNet
Examples from real texts
How a phrase was translated in published bilingual texts.
OPUSReverso Context
Arabic tools
Vowel marks for Arabic text, and a clean-up for Arabic that came out of a file garbled.
Vowel marksArabic text clean-up
Quality and wording
Self-review, other ways to phrase a sentence, and the translation engine you prefer, on your own key.
Self-reviewAlternativesSegment statistics
Missing something? Suggest an add-on, or import your dictionary.
Who approves the text before it is printed?
You decide. The proofreader, the subject or religious reviewer, the author and the rights holder each open the book as pages, the way it will print, and record their decision under their own name.
- A private link with no account, which you can revoke at any time
- A comment on a paragraph, or a suggested wording for a sentence
- In the next round, the reviewer sees only what changed
- Your team with its roles and invitations, and a history of every version of every sentence
قصة البابنسخة المراجعة
وكان يأخذ نفسه بالشدة: يشرب الجين إذا اختلى، إماتةً لهواه في الخمور المعتقة؛ ومع ما كان يجد في المسرح من متعة، لم يعبر بابًا من أبوابه منذ عشرين عامًا.١٤
Stevenson: “…and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.”
ReviewerI suggest «لم تطأ قدمه مسرحًا» (“he never set foot in a theater”). Or do we keep the image of the door?
Two ways to start
Work on the book yourself
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We take on the book, or the series, with you
For publishers, universities and institutions. We start with a book you choose, and agree on the translation, the review and the layout.
Every kind of book has its own needs
Science and technical booksConsistent terms, figures redrawn
LiteratureVoice and style across the chapters
Religious booksQuotations in their own words, your reviewer decides
PhilosophyConcepts documented chapter by chapter
Scanned booksTo Word, or on to translation
PublishersYour backlist as ready files
How much does it cost to translate a book?
On Tarjum, a 250-page book starts at $19 for a month. That covers translation, editing, polishing and layout. Human review stays in your hands, or ours.
A 250-page book on TarjumFrom $19
The same book at a specialist Arabic translation agencyAbout $10,000 to $14,375
Source: Industry Arabic’s rate guide, read on 4 November 2026: 16 to 23 cents a word for large or ongoing projects, on a book of 62,500 words at 250 words a page. The agency delivers a finished human translation, so the two prices buy different things.
Work out what your book costsQuestions before you start
Can a free online translator handle a whole book?
It can give you the gist of a short chapter. A book that will be published needs the same name and term in every chapter, a review, and a file a printer accepts. Compare the passages above for yourself. Tarjum’s first 10,000 words are free, so judge it on your own text.
Is Tarjum a tool or a translation service?
Both. The trial lets you work on the book yourself. If you would rather we take the book on with you, write to us and we will agree on translation, review and layout.
Does a person review the translation?
Yes. The machine writes the draft. The decision belongs to a person you choose, or one we choose with you, and it is recorded under their name before publication.
Who owns the text and the files?
Our terms say: “You keep all your rights in the books and files you upload, and in the translations you make.”
Do I need the translation rights first?
For a book still in copyright, yes: the right to publish a translation belongs to the rights holder, usually the original publisher or the author’s agent. A book in the public domain needs no permission. Tarjum translates the file you upload and does not clear rights on your behalf.
Can I bring my memory and glossary from Trados?
Yes, for books translated into Arabic: import the translation memory as TMX into your organization’s library, the glossary as TBX and work files as XLIFF, and export all of them whenever you like. Import for books translated into English is coming soon.
Can I print an Arabic edition on Amazon KDP?
Not as a paperback: KDP does not print Arabic today. Tarjum prepares the print PDF for a printer or a print-on-demand service that prints Arabic, and the EPUB for ebook stores.
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