Wednesday
Jul252007
Al-Masri al-Youm's English edition
By 
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt Media
Issandr El Amrani | Egypt Media
While I can only applaud the efforts made by al-Masri al-Youm to provide an English translation for its leading articles, I think I'll stick to the Arabic edition. The quality of the translation is at times comical, such as when the name of the current American ambassador to Cairo, Francis Ricciardone, is translated as "Francis Richard Dooney" as in here.
Reader Comments (2)
Oh dear. That is embarrassing. I guess native-speakers, or at least people with the sense to google proper names, cost too much?
Facile translation. I observed some mistakes also http://hamuksha.blogsome.com/2007/07/03/al-masry-al-youm-translation-fatal-errors/" rel="nofollow">on my blog--in the Arabic edition this time.