“The best critic of a translation is its second translation and nothing else. The person who translates a text should have something to say about that.”

—  Media Kashigar

Source: The best critic of a translation is its second translation, Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, 2013 https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/news/3001

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