"Le Petit Prince" translated into Berber language

Published August 10th, 2005 - 09:19 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

"Le Petit Prince" (the Little Prince) of Antoine de Saint-Exupery was translated into Berber language in Morocco by Lahbib Fouad, who is a researcher in Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM). Fouad noted that the translation from French into Berber language raised "serious difficulties of lexicon" stressing that "certain terms and concepts such as 'asteroid' and 'boa' do not have an equivalent in Berber language". <i>Wanadoo</i> reports that "Le Petit Prince" is today the 4th book that sold the most copies after the "Bible", "Koran" and "Capital", adding that it was translated into 116 languages including tamachaq, a language spoken in Sahel.

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