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Chapter 12
"EUDOKIA" MEANS "AHMADIYEH"
[LUKE ii. 14]
To retranslate a masterpiece of an eminent author from
a foreign version if he left other writings in his own language
would not be very difficult. For thus the translator could
study the mind, the technicalities, and the expressions in his
works, and do his best to retranslate the book into its original
language. But how far he would be successful is a question
which only able translators can decide and determine. Simi-
larly, if there were at least a couple of epistles or writings of
St. Luke in the Hebrew, his Gospel could with comparatively
"EUDOKIA" MEANS "AHMADIYEH"
[LUKE ii. 14]
To retranslate a masterpiece of an eminent author from
a foreign version if he left other writings in his own language
would not be very difficult. For thus the translator could
study the mind, the technicalities, and the expressions in his
works, and do his best to retranslate the book into its original
language. But how far he would be successful is a question
which only able translators can decide and determine. Simi-
larly, if there were at least a couple of epistles or writings of
St. Luke in the Hebrew, his Gospel could with comparatively