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Mohamed ElBaradei

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fansy
 
Reply Tue 29 Jul, 2008 01:22 am
What does El in "Mohamed ElBaradei" mean? Can we omit it when we translate it into another language by calling him "Bardei"?
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Francis
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jul, 2008 01:58 am
You cannot change family names, even thought they are composed with articles and pronouns.

You wouldn't change Dupont into Pont and Leconte into Conte..

Mohamed ElBaradei
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jul, 2008 02:01 am
I wonder about the use of El in surnames, too.
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Ragman
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jul, 2008 02:09 am
In Arabic 'El' = the

It cannot be removed, as previously stated.
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