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{{cquote|If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation then. They translated from Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, and then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance languages. And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe.|||Patricia Ryan, TED-spreker|[http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/dut/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html Dring niet aan op Engels!]}}
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{{cquote|If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation then. They translated from Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, and then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance languages. And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe.|||Patricia Ryan, TED-spreker|[http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html Don't insist on English!]}}

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If you think about the Islamic Golden Age, there was lots of translation then. They translated from Latin and Greek into Arabic, into Persian, and then it was translated on into the Germanic languages of Europe and the Romance languages. And so light shone upon the Dark Ages of Europe.

—Patricia Ryan, TED-spreker, Don't insist on English!