[lbo-talk] Los Angeles Lawyer Releases Independently Interpreted Bin Laden Translations

[John Adams]

Perhaps I'm slow, but:


> "In order for me to trust a text, I need to know who the translator is," said Khaled Abou El Fadl, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor.

If you've got the original text, and you've got the translation, then--assuming you know the language, of course--why do you need to know who the translator is to decide whether the translation is trustworthy?

Thanks,

      John A

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