I had heard that one of the reasons why the English translations of Baha'i
texts capitalize pronouns is because in the Arabic and Persian languages,
they often write "Peace be upon him" every time the name of a Prophet is
mentioned. I know this is true for Muslim texts whenever the name of the
Prophet Muhammad is mentioned. Do the Baha'i texts have the same thing in
the original languages they were written?
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Sen & Sonja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12 Apr 2008 at 8:24, David Friedman wrote:
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> > What about quoting from the Writings? Do you un-capitalize letters?
> > Is that allowable?
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> It is not allowable, by academic standards. If one quotes from
> someone's translation, it must be quoted as printed, or each change
> must be footnoted. If you italicise some words to draw attention to
> the ones you are going to discuss, you put in the attribution (my
> emphasis) or (emphasis added). If a translation reads "the One whom"
> and this capitalisation seems incorrect, it would be cited as "the
> [o]ne whom..." In short, you cannot change anything in a citation
> without warning the readers that something has been changed. This is
> a matter of academic standards, not Bahai rules
>
> If quoting Persian or Arabic, there are no capital letters. There is
> often punctuation added to typeset versions of texts, and the same
> applies as above.
>
> Sen
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