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This paper describes the history of Arabic Translations. There are three parts important things that correlated with Arabic Translations; (1) the history of terminology among terms of translations, (2) the definitions of translation it self based on a lot of professionals scholarly, and (3) the history of “translation as a process” in Arabic language from the earlier period of Islam. Finally, the result of data analysis shows that the process of Arabic translations comes from the process of trading in the Arabian community with the strangers. In the other hands, the term of translation in Indonesian language (terjemah) comes from Arabic language (tarjama-yutarjimu). It means that there are extremely correlations between Arabic Translation and Bahasa Indonesia. So, this is it the short history of Arabic Translations today.