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one of the Tibetan translators of Indian Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhist texts, a significant figure in the revival of Buddhism in Tibet in the 11th century.medicine, history of
It is sometimes stated that the early Christian Church had an adverse effect upon medical progress. Disease was regarded as a punishment for sin, and such chastening demanded only prayer and ...
postal system
Another line of research being pursued in the United States is the development of equipment that translates five- and nine-digit ZIP codes and sorting-code numbers spoken by an operator into ...
Berque, Jacques Augustin
French sociologist, Orientalist, author of many books on the Arab world, and translator of the Qur`an into French (b. June 4, 1910--d. June 27, 1995).Curtis, Jean-Louis
(LOUIS LAFFITTE), French novelist, translator, and member of the French Academy who won the Prix Goncourt in 1947 for his novel Les Forets de la nuit (b. May 22, 1917--d. Nov. 11, 1995).Hajek, Igor
Czech writer, translator, teacher, and foreign literary editor, 1964-69, of the radical Czechoslovak Writers' Union's Literarni Noviny (b. March 22, 1931--d. April 19, 1995).Shelton, Thomas
first English translator of Don Quixote. His work (1612 and 1620) was based not on Cervantes's originals (1605 and 1615) but on the Velpius edition first published in Brussels in 1607.Sylvester, Josuah
English poet-translator, best known as the translator of a popular biblical epic, the Divine Weekes and Workes. Translated from a French Protestant poet, Guillaume du Bartas, (1544-90), it appeared ...
ibn Tibbon, Jacob ben Machir
French Jewish physician, translator, and astronomer whose work was utilized by Copernicus and Dante. He was highly regarded as a physician and served as regent of the faculty of medicine at the ...
biblical literature
A Greek translation of the Old Testament, known as the Septuagint because there allegedly were 70 or 72 translators, six from each of the 12 tribes of Israel, and designated LXX, is a composite of ...
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