Jan 3, 2007 17:23
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Ali Al awadi Jan 3, 2007:
Thanks for the additional context provided Imane. Now the choice is up to you. The is not just "a caption" but rather the title of the book Hitler: tHE Pathology of Evil...

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Iman Khaireddine (asker) Jan 3, 2007:
I don't have further information about this book. It is a documentary about Hitler himself, and this is just a caption. But here is a synopsis of the book from the link provided by Ahmed:

In Hitler, The Pathology of Evil, George Victor presents a penetrating psychohistory. He explains how Hitler coerced an entire nation, broadly speaking, to help him implement the Final Solution—his diabolical plan to exterminate all Jews and even Germans with Jewish blood in their veins.

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هتلر: جدور الشر وترجمات أخري

هتلر: جذور الشر
the word جذور carries the semantic connotations of the word "pathology", since pathology is all about the origin, development and buildup of diseases, also the word جذور implies both the fully grown شجرة as well as the stages (in other words, the development) that these جذور passed till its final growth into a fully-grown tree.

also,
هتلر: الشرارة التي أحرقت أوروبا
هتلر: الطاعون الذي اكتسح أوروبا
which carries the developmental and fatal aspect of diseases.(you will find it very attractive if you place it in red bold font and put the second phrase beneath the word "Hitler"

the following translations represent the core of pathology, but I don't find them attractive.

هتلر: دراسة في سيكولوجية الشر
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هتلر من الداء حتى الوباء
دراسة باثولوجية تسبر أغوار الشخصية التي كانت تجسيداً حياً للشر
(although rather long, it can be a possible title. However, the word "Hitler" has to be placed separately at the top and in a very bold font, while the rest should be put in a more thinner font underneath)
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هتلر: الداء الذي تحول إلي وباء اكتسح العالم
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هتلر: دراسة مرضية لبذرة الشر التي أحرقت ألمانيا والعالم
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هتلر
في أعماق الشر
the phrase إلي أعماق represents 90% of what pathology means.

Generally speaking, I don't prefer to translate book titles according to their literal meaning, I must do some "arabization" or rather "egyptianization" of both the title and subtitles in the book. You'll have hard time trying to translate

titles if you don't try to manipulate them into something more attrative to the Arab reader.
There can be many other possible translations, and it all depends on your creativity and sensitivity to the whole work.

Regards,
Mahmoud Helmi
Peer comment(s):

agree Alaa AHMED : impressive journalistic translation of the meaning behind a word
1 day 7 hrs
Thank you very much, Mr Abdulsalam. I'm really happy for your impressive comment.
agree Ehab Tantawy
1 day 11 hrs
Thank you very much
agree Ali Al awadi : إجابة وتحليل رائعان
7 days
Thank you very much
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باثولوجيا الشر - داء الشر

باثولوجيا الشر - داء الشر
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هتلر: رأس الفتنة/معين الشر

Pathology means the the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
the conditions and processes of a disease.
وأرى أن الكاتب قصد أن يوصِّف هتلر بأنه شخصية تتسم بشر وفساد لا مثيل لهما
والخروج من ربقة المعنى الحرفي أفضل
وقد يكون من الأفضل لو قدمتم فكرة عن محتوى هذا المؤلَّف
تحياتي،
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agree Mohamed Salaheldin
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Thanks a lot Hanysalah
agree Ehab Tantawy
1 day 19 hrs
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هتلر: أصل المصائب (أو الشرور)

The book is about searching for the origins of Hitler’s evil.
http://vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=261


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Note added at 13 mins (2007-01-03 17:37:06 GMT)
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هتلر: أصل المصائب (أو الشرور)ـ
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agree Alaa AHMED : Pathology is The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences
1 day 15 hrs
Thank you.
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"هتلر: رأس الشر"

Thats only my version.
Regards
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هتلر: دراسة أصول الشر ومراحل تطوره

Pathology is the study of ALL the stages of diseases. In this case, the study of the beginnings of Hitler and the nazi ideology, until the latest stages of its development which resulted in utter destruction and misery that Hitler and his ideology brought to Europe and elsewhere.
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