> Yes the example I gave was regarding the name of the book "Bayan".
Dear Loic,
I'm not sure translating the title of the book would help things much.
Would entitling a religious scripture *The Exposition* not sound
strange as well?
> I don't know in english, but in french we have so many baha'i
> words
> absolutly impossible to understand without an annex to explain
> their sense
> ("le covenant", les "petites branches" et "grandes branches"...
> even the
> "Maison Universelle de Justice" looks like a U.N. Agency in the
> french
> understanding!)
Yes, such things need to be footnoted. But since they are translations
of the original text I don't know what else we can do about them.
> I just think that this kind of obscurancy doesn't help french
> people to be
> interested in Baha'i faith and ideas!
You may have to take that up with Baha'u'llah. But there is a reason
He did this. Tablets were sent out by foot and were likely to be
intercepted. It would have endangered the life of the carrier and
others to have been too clear about the identity of the people
referred to. That is one of the reasons Baha'u'llah often gave people
titles equivalent to the numerical value of their names.
warmest, Susan
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