Oct 12, 2016 14:32
7 yrs ago
Arabic term
تقدم للناس
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
How would you understand and translate the verb تقدم in the following context?
تقدّم موضوع الجزيرتين للناس في إطار القائد العسكري الذي جاء ليحافظ على أركان الدولة
The issue of the two islands [presented itself?] to the people in the context of...
Thanks for any help!
تقدّم موضوع الجزيرتين للناس في إطار القائد العسكري الذي جاء ليحافظ على أركان الدولة
The issue of the two islands [presented itself?] to the people in the context of...
Thanks for any help!
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
5 mins
Iman Hessein
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Egypt
Translation that speaks for itself!
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
Presented to people
...
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Note added at 28 mins (2016-10-12 15:00:48 GMT)
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Was presented
Presented itself is not appropraite in this sentence
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Note added at 28 mins (2016-10-12 15:00:48 GMT)
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Was presented
Presented itself is not appropraite in this sentence
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Iman (and all others who answered!). I think "was presented" is a fair choice here."
6 mins
is presented to people
is presented to people
13 mins
ProZAli
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Accurate translations you can trust.
Native in: Arabic (Variants: UAE, Libyan, Syrian, Moroccan, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Kuwaiti, Saudi , Yemeni, Palestinian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Sudanese, Iraqi, Tunisian, Jordanian, Algerian) 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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12
present/ portray the issue of the islands ...
according to my understanding of the text presented
1 hr
Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arabic-English translator
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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56
+1
38 mins
hassan zekry
Native in Arabic
Works in field
experience, professionalism and accuracy
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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135
introduced the subject of ..... to the people
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Note added at 20 hrs (2016-10-13 11:08:57 GMT)
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It is very common to introduce a subject as well as we do with people.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2016-10-13 11:08:57 GMT)
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It is very common to introduce a subject as well as we do with people.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your answer, but I don't think this works because there's nothing doing the verb "introduced" in the sentence. Perhaps we could say "was introduced", but by whom? |
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