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Ibrahim ibn Jakub

English translation: Ibrahim ibn Jacob

10:40 Apr 20, 2003
Polish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Polish term or phrase: Ibrahim ibn Jakub
Czy ktos widzial angielska wersję tego podróżnika ? :-)
bartek
Local time: 18:26
English translation:Ibrahim ibn Jacob
Explanation:
... of the Polish state. One of them was Ibrahim ibn Jacob, the author
of the first extensive account about Poland. In the summer of ...
www.webinfonet.net/heritage/history.html
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tunturi
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:26
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And under "your" name he is know in historiography. Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Ibrahim ben Jacob / Abraham ben Jacob
Pawel Czernecki
5Ibrahim ibn Jakub
Edith Kelly
5Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub
Adam Zakrzewski
5protest
Adam Zakrzewski
2Ibrahim ibn Jacob
tunturi


  

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Ibrahim ben Jacob / Abraham ben Jacob


Explanation:
Ja widziałem, ale nie wiem, która pisownia jest poprawna, chodzi w każdym razie o tę samą osobę:

In 966, the merchant Ibrahim Ben Jacob saw Prague on a journey transporting his goods to Poland and recorded its name - in Arabic and in a merchant's script.
http://www.ce-review.org/00/20/interview20_belohradsky.html

In fact, it was a Jewish merchant and traveler, Abraham ben Jacob from Tortosa in Arab Spain, who first mentioned the town of Krakow in describing his travels in the 10-th century.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/other/alex3.htm



    Reference: http://www.ce-review.org/00/20/interview20_belohradsky.html
    Reference: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/other/alex3.htm
Pawel Czernecki
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 715

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Ibrahim ibn Jakub


Explanation:
leave as this is the original name and then *converted* to the Jewish version of the name later.

Ibrahim was the name of the Arab Jews, Avraham in Hebrew and Abraham in English

ibn = son of = Arabic, later changed to the Hebrew ben = son of

Jakub is the old Aramaic version of Hebrew Jacow/Jacov and English Jacob/Jakob.

see also website


    Reference: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/vjw/Poland.html
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub


Explanation:
Ibrahim Ibn Jakub był żydem, ale pisał po arabsku. Hebrajska wersja jego imienia brzmi: Abraham ben Jakow.

Ibrahim Ibn Jakub to nazwa w tzw. transkrypcji polskiej uproszczonej. Po angielsku w uproszczeniu powinno się pisać Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub (najlepiej wszystko dużymi literami).

Piszę to jako arabista.

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Note added at 2003-04-20 17:42:05 (GMT)
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Jeszcze małe wyjaśnienie. Arabskie tylne (języczkowe) k jest transkrybowane po angielsku jako q, np. w wyrazach Iraq, Al-Qaida, Qatar, dla odróżnienia od normalnego k.

Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub na 100%.

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Note added at 2003-04-22 08:19:09 (GMT)
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Mogę się jeszcze podeprzeć linkami: http://www.esh.ed.ac.uk/CEU/Nagy.htm
http://www.citinet.net/ak/polska_04_f2.html
http://www.louisiana.edu/Academic/Sciences/CMPS/Conferences/...
http://membres.lycos.fr/andalus/english/info/science.htm
http://www.nexdb.cz/sascoin/html/foreword.html
etc.

Adam Zakrzewski
Poland
Local time: 18:26
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Ibrahim ibn Jacob


Explanation:
... of the Polish state. One of them was Ibrahim ibn Jacob, the author
of the first extensive account about Poland. In the summer of ...
www.webinfonet.net/heritage/history.html

tunturi
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 132
Grading comment
And under "your" name he is know in historiography. Thank you.
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
protest


Explanation:
Protestuję przeciwko wybraniu tej odpowiedzi. Proszę zauważyć, że np. w encyklopedii PWN jest używana forma arabska "Ibrahim Ibn Jakub", a nie polska "Abraham syn Jakuba" czy hebrajska "Abraham ben Jakow/Jakob". Zatem po angielsku też powinna być użyta transkrypcja z arabskiego, która brzmi "Ibrahim Ibn Yaqub". "Ibrahim ibn Jacob" to jakieś pomieszanie z poplątaniem. Trzymajmy się jakichś zasad!
(proszę wpisać إبراهيم بن يعقوب na Arabic/English <kodowanie arabskie Windows> i czekać na odpowiedzi specjalistów)

Adam Zakrzewski
Poland
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