Comments on: Translating into Pashto: Some Common Mistakes http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/ Afghan writer, research analyst, journalist, and translator Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ‘Ya’ from Kandahar to Guantanamo! « Abdulhadi Hairan http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-945 ‘Ya’ from Kandahar to Guantanamo! « Abdulhadi Hairan Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:06:21 +0000 http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/?p=60#comment-945 [...] Also Read: Translating into Pashto: Some Common Mistakes. Share this entry on your favorite social network: [...] [...] Also Read: Translating into Pashto: Some Common Mistakes. Share this entry on your favorite social network: [...]

]]> By: Myles http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Myles Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:56:17 +0000 http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/?p=60#comment-489 I'm writing a paper about bilingual education and need a few hints about Pashto. We have a 9 yr-old girl in our primary school who is very hard working, and capable of communicating very well in English - however we will have to administer a written test in English in 6 weeks from now, and I wondered if there are any peculiarities about Pashto that might arise in her attempts to think and write in English. A case in point: in Punjabi the words for 'long' and 'short' alter according to the gender of the item to which they refer. This would potentially cause confusion for a child with English as a second language (in the process of acquiring the semantics of English) being presented with a standard test - to arrange a series of objects in order of length. Cultural fairness is obviously an issue. i have no idea if narrative structure differs in Pashto stories. Any thoughts? I'm very interested to know. Thanks in advance. I’m writing a paper about bilingual education and need a few hints about Pashto. We have a 9 yr-old girl in our primary school who is very hard working, and capable of communicating very well in English – however we will have to administer a written test in English in 6 weeks from now, and I wondered if there are any peculiarities about Pashto that might arise in her attempts to think and write in English.

A case in point: in Punjabi the words for ‘long’ and ’short’ alter according to the gender of the item to which they refer. This would potentially cause confusion for a child with English as a second language (in the process of acquiring the semantics of English) being presented with a standard test – to arrange a series of objects in order of length.

Cultural fairness is obviously an issue. i have no idea if narrative structure differs in Pashto stories.

Any thoughts?

I’m very interested to know.

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: Abdulhadi Hairan http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Abdulhadi Hairan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/?p=60#comment-13 Hi Ghairat and Zabeeh Khan, Good to see you here and thanks for the comments. Best, Hi Ghairat and Zabeeh Khan,

Good to see you here and thanks for the comments.

Best,

]]> By: Zabeeh Khan http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Zabeeh Khan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:54:18 +0000 http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/?p=60#comment-12 So true. So true.

]]> By: Ghairat http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/2009/07/translating-into-pashto-some-common-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ghairat Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:55:01 +0000 http://www.abdulhadihairan.com/?p=60#comment-11 You have made a good point here. I have noticed a similar issue trying to talk in Pashto. Being abroad for all my life where I only have the basic skills in daily spoken language creates moments where I can express myself much better in a foreign language than in Pashto. Even though my mother tongue is Pashto, I feel kind of finite in my vocabulary. I believe this happens when you haven't studied in your mother tongue at school or on an academic level. This is one of the reasons why we should continue struggle for our right to study in school in our mother tongue Pashto. Both in Pashtunkhwa and in Afghanistan. You have made a good point here. I have noticed a similar issue trying to talk in Pashto. Being abroad for all my life where I only have the basic skills in daily spoken language creates moments where I can express myself much better in a foreign language than in Pashto. Even though my mother tongue is Pashto, I feel kind of finite in my vocabulary. I believe this happens when you haven’t studied in your mother tongue at school or on an academic level. This is one of the reasons why we should continue struggle for our right to study in school in our mother tongue Pashto. Both in Pashtunkhwa and in Afghanistan.

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