I disagree: Translations are rarely accused of being as good or as comprehensive as the original. The fact that you can tell a story in 300 pages in Arabic and

I disagree: Translations are rarely accused of being as good or as comprehensive as the original. The fact that you can tell a story in 300 pages in Arabic and 300 pages in English is irrelevant. Iverson received a turing award[1] for his work on this subject. [1]: http://www.jdl.ac.cn/turing/pdf/p444-iverson.pdf http://www.jdl.ac.cn/turing/pdf/p444-iverson.pdf