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BCE

Arabic translation: =BC قبل الميلاد؛ ق م

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English term or phrase:BCE
Arabic translation:=BC قبل الميلاد؛ ق م
Entered by: hamuksha (X)

08:44 Nov 18, 2003
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / history
English term or phrase: BCE
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hamuksha (X)
Local time: 21:38
قبل الميلاد، ق. م
Explanation:
The cultural reasons that led to the invention of B.C.E. and C.E. (as opposed to B.C. and A.D.) have no parallel within the Arabic-speaking community. B.C.E. (before the common era) and C.E. (of the common era) were invented as a way to avoid the perceived Christocentricity of B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, or "the year of our Lord"). The polarization that exists in the Western world between Christians and the secular movement has no parallel in the Arabic-speaking world, the majority of which are Muslim, who, as it happens, do not find it offensive to use a calendar that refers to the birth of Christ. After all, it is only one calendar available along side a Muslim calendar that refers to the flight of the Prophet Muhammad from Makka to Yathrib. The Arabic expression does not refer to Christ as "our Lord" and, in most cases, does not even mention Christ, although the "Birth" is understood to be the birth of Christ.
So the terms B.C.E. and C.E. need to be localized to their cultural equivalents.
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Fuad Yahya
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5 +5ق.م
Gharbeia (X)
5 +1قبل الميلاد، ق. م
Fuad Yahya


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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
bce
ق.م


Explanation:
قبل الميلاد

Gharbeia (X)
Local time: 20:38
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alaa AHMED: قبل التأريخ المسجل/المعروف
27 mins
agree  Musab Hayatli: Before the Common Era
1 hr
agree  Mohammed Abdelhady
4 hrs
agree  Mumtaz
8 hrs
agree  Saleh Ayyub
10 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
قبل الميلاد، ق. م


Explanation:
The cultural reasons that led to the invention of B.C.E. and C.E. (as opposed to B.C. and A.D.) have no parallel within the Arabic-speaking community. B.C.E. (before the common era) and C.E. (of the common era) were invented as a way to avoid the perceived Christocentricity of B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, or "the year of our Lord"). The polarization that exists in the Western world between Christians and the secular movement has no parallel in the Arabic-speaking world, the majority of which are Muslim, who, as it happens, do not find it offensive to use a calendar that refers to the birth of Christ. After all, it is only one calendar available along side a Muslim calendar that refers to the flight of the Prophet Muhammad from Makka to Yathrib. The Arabic expression does not refer to Christ as "our Lord" and, in most cases, does not even mention Christ, although the "Birth" is understood to be the birth of Christ.
So the terms B.C.E. and C.E. need to be localized to their cultural equivalents.


Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

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agree  Awad Balaish
3 hrs
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