Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
lieu doublement sacré
English translation:
twice sacred site
French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African, British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
lieu doublement sacré
"...le Mur occidental est aussi le soutenement del Grande Mosquée El-Aqsa avec le Dôme du Rocher, lieu doublement sacré."
I can't think of the best way to express this phrase. "Highly sacred" would lose the idea of "double", while "doubly sacred" would be wrong in the context as this is an article from a luxurious magazine. Is there a more sophisticated way of translating this while still keeping the idea of "double"? Or would it not be possible?
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Proposed translations
France
The Human Translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
twice sacred site
place which is doubly sacred
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DLyons
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Paul Hirsh
: don't see why doubly sacred should be incompatible with a luxury mag?
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philgoddard
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doubly sacred site
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sacred or holy
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DLyons
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Victoria Britten
: I don't see the problem with "doubly" either
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Josephine Cassar
: Agree, doubly Should definitely be used here
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GILLES MEUNIER
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a place which is sacred for two reasons
"For Muslims, Jerusalem is thought to be sacred for two reasons: First, Muslims were initially commanded to pray toward Jerusalem. But when the Jews refused to convert to Islam, Muhammad changed the prayer direction toward Mecca. Second, Muslims believe that Muhammad ascended to heaven and back from "the Rock" which much later after his death was interpreted to mean what is today the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem."
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/1609/jerusalem-sacred-for-...
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David Hayes
: I think this is better. The French gives two reasons why the place is sacred. 'Doubly sacred' suggests to me a quantitative aspect that focuses on the degree of sacredness rather than two different reasons stemming from two different religious traditions.
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thank you David
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DGawarecki (X)
: Le Nouveau Petit Robert gives "des deux manieres" (in two ways or for two reasons) as a preferred definition for "doublement." Clearly, given the context, this is the most accurate translation.
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thank you DGawarecki
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Italy
I translate as I breathe
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, British, Irish) 
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Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 3 more.
, a place that is holy twice over.
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rkillings
: Or just "twice holy place". See Google Books, Charles McFarlane, Turkey and its destiny: the result of journeys made in 1847 and ..., Volume 2 :-)
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Sheila Wilson
: I prefer this to "twice holy" - time moves on and the language changes
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M.A., Ph.D. Historian/Art Historian
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
a site sacred to two religious traditions
The western wall of the ancient Temple Mount of Solomon also supports the great El-Aqsa mosque, with its Dome of the Rock, and is thus a site which is sacred to two major religious traditions.
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David Hayes
: This could work too, IMO, but you'd have to pad out what follows too. Maybe too many extra words would have to be introduced?
Was thinking about style rather than price of electrons! Easy to say exactly what you mean in 20 words rather than 10 (say).
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Thanks, David. Well, how much "padding out" would need to be done is yet to be seen --best to work on one sentence at a time. The idea of "extra" words is a curious one. Electrons are cheap (for now), so if this happens to be for on-line publication...
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks, Gal.
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Josephine Cassar
: due to 2 religious traditions, at least, but do not like it much, sorry
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Well, I don't care for either one of them myself, Josephine but, in this case I believe that Reality wins. (Say, our text says "doublement." The site isn't sacred to a 3rd --or 4th-- religion, is it?)
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Reference comments
also here
http://blogs.cotemaison.fr/chronique-de-voltaire/
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Helen Shiner
: The point being that it is sacred for more than one religious tradition, so 'highly' would miss the point./Quite so.
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also felt that seeing the full context would help clarify things a bit
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