In the Middle Ages, Christian writers in Europe used Saracen for a Muslim, especially the Muslim peoples they met in war around the Mediterranean and in the Crusades. It is their word, not a name those people used for themselves. It also lumped many different groups together, as outsider labels often do.

In the Middle Ages中世紀時, Christian writers in Europe歐洲的基督徒作家 used Saracen for a Muslim用Saracen來稱呼穆斯林, especially尤其是 the Muslim peoples they met in war他們在戰爭裡遇到的穆斯林民族 around the Mediterranean and in the Crusades在地中海周邊和十字軍東征裡。It它 is their word是他們（歐洲人）自己的用詞, not a name those people used for themselves不是那些人自稱的名字。It它 also也 lumped many different groups together把許多不同的群體混為一談, as outsider labels often do就像局外人取的標籤常會做的那樣

You will find it in old histories, poems, and church writing, and in some games and films that copy that medieval voice. It is not the normal English word for a Muslim today; that word is Muslim. Using Saracen for living people now can sound dated, bookish, or unkind, because it comes from the side that was fighting them and looking in from outside.

You你 will find it會看到它 in old histories, poems, and church writing在古老的史書、詩歌、教會文獻裡, and也會 in some games and films在一些遊戲和電影裡 that copy that medieval voice模仿中世紀口吻的。It它 is not the normal English word for a Muslim today不是現在稱呼穆斯林的正常英文用詞; that word那個詞 is Muslim是Muslim。Using Saracen for living people now現在如果拿Saracen來稱呼活生生的人 can sound dated, bookish, or unkind可能會顯得過時、書卷氣，或帶有惡意, because因為 it comes from the side這個詞來自那一方 that was fighting them and looking in from outside當年正在跟他們打仗、從外面看進去的

Though actually, even in the Middle Ages the word's edges were messy: it could mean Arabs, Turks, or more loosely 'the Muslim enemy'. Historians still use it when they are talking about that old European way of speaking, with a capital S.

Though actually不過事實上, even in the Middle Ages即使在中世紀 the word's edges were messy這個詞的界線也很模糊: it could mean它可能指 Arabs, Turks阿拉伯人、突厥人, or more loosely或更籠統地指 'the Muslim enemy'「穆斯林敵人」。Historians歷史學家 still仍然 use it會用這個詞 when they are talking about在談論...時 that old European way of speaking那種歐洲舊式說法, with a capital S並保留大寫的S