[am-translate] The name of months

TG tefera በ mekuria.com
ቅዳሜ፣ ጁላይ 8 ቀን 06:49:06 CDT 2006


Selam all.

This is a question especially to Daniel

while i was working i when ever i come across Nam's of months I get an
uneasy feeling, translating them into September(ሰፕተምበር),
October(ኦክቶበር)...etc. It doesn't quite feel right. But in most of the
translations that has been done this has been the practice.

But from what i have noticed most people in Ethiopia who need to refer
verbally or in writing the European date use for September መስከረም, for
October ጥቅምት...etc with an understanding that it has some difference
with the Ethiopian dates. Every country has names for months, and why
not use our own.

My question is therefor any technical problem such as conflict with
the Ethiopian calender which prevents us from using our own names for
the name of the months?

tegegne


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