مَاWhatأَنْthatأَتْمَمْتُI completedتَرْجَمَةٌthe translationرِوَايَةًof the novelمَزْرَعَةُAnimal Farmالْحَيَوَانِthe animalفِيinتِلْكَthatاللَّيْلَةِnightالصَّيْفِيَّةِsummer,,حَذَّتْنِيI was promptedالرَّغْبَةَthe desireفِيtoالْكِتَابَةِwriteإِلَىtoجُورْجَGeorgeأُورْوَيْلَOrwellأُبَلِّغُهُto inform himالْخَبَرَthe newsكَمَاasيَفْعَلُdoesجَمِيعَallالْمُتَرْجِمِينَtranslators
As soon as I completed the translation of the novel Animal Farm that summer night, I was prompted by the desire to write to George Orwell to inform him of the news as all translators do.
سَبَقَI had previouslyأَنْthatكَرَتْI wroteلِلرِّوَائِيَّةِto the writerالْفَرَنْسِيَّةِthe FrenchأَلِينَاAlinaرَئِيسٍpresidentحِينَwhenتَرْجَمَتْI translatedرِوَايَتَهَاher novelمُحَمَّدَMuhammadيُحِبُّنِيloves meوَمَعَand withلَيُونِيلLionelرَايRay,,وَجَاكand JackأَنْصِيAnsyالأُولَىThe firstتَرْجَمَتْI translatedلَهُto himمِثْلَlikeقَصْرٍPalaceمَفَكَّكٍsplitوandالثَّانِيthe secondمَاwhatلَاnotيُدْرِكُunderstands,,بَلbutهُنَاكَthere areمِنْsomeالْمُتَرْجِمِينَtranslatorsمَنْwhoيَتَدَبَّرُmanagesبِطَاقَةٍa ticketطَائِرَةٍplaneوandيَدْعُوinvitesالْكَاتِبَthe authorالَّذِيwhoتَرْجَمَهُhe translatedإِلَىtoالْحُضُورِattendلِلِاحْتِفَالِto celebrateبِمُنَاسَبَةِon the occasion ofصُدُورِthe releaseالْعَمَلِthe workالْمُتَرْجَمِtranslatedفَكَانَso it wasالْمُتَرْجِمُthe translatorيَجِدُfindsنَفْسَهُhimselfجَنْبًاside by sideإِلَىwithجَنْبِsideمَعَwithكَاتِبٍa writerعَرَفَهُhe knew himعَلَىonالْوَرَقِpaper,,فِيinحَدِيقَةٍgardenمَنْزِلٍhouseإِنifكَانَhe hasيَمْلِكُownsمَنْزَلًاa houseبِحَدِيقَةٍwith a gardenأَوْorفِيinمَطْعَمٍrestaurantفُنْدُقٍhotelأَوْorعَلَىonمَنْصَّةٍthe platformجَمْعِيَّةٍassociationثَقَافِيَّةٍcultural..
I had previously written to the French novelist Alina when I translated her novel "Muhammad Loves Me" and with Lionel Ray and Jack Ansy. I translated for the first one like "The Disintegrated Palace" and the second one what he does not understand; but there are some translators who manage a plane ticket and invite the author they translated to attend to celebrate the occasion of the release of the translated work, so the translator finds himself side by side with a writer they knew on paper in the garden of a house if he owns a house with a garden or in a hotel restaurant or on the platform of a cultural association.
لَكِنَّBut,,كَيْفَhowأَكَلِّمُdo I speak toجُورْجَGeorgeأُورْوَيْلَOrwellالْمُتَوَفَّىthe deceasedسَنَةًyear19661966؟?
But, how can I speak to George Orwell, who passed away in 1966?
كُنتُI wasأُتَرْجِمُtranslatingالرِّوَايَةَthe novelوandهَدَفِيmy aimمِنْofالتَّرْجَمَةِthe translationأَنْtoأَجْعَلَI makeالصَّوْتَthe voiceعَالِيًاloudلِمَعَانِيfor the meaningsكُتُبَهُhe wroteجَمِيعَهَاall of them
I was translating the novel and my aim in the translation was to make the voice loud for all the meanings he wrote.