Jul 26, 2009 15:47
14 yrs ago
Arabic term
United States
The right direction in language services
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
مقاتله
Arabic to English
Other
Religion
إذا ترك العالم "لا أدري" أصيبت مقاتله
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
5 hrs
Arabic term (edited):
أُصيبَت مَقاتله
Selected
He is finished
المقاتل بفتح الميم جمع مَقتَل بفتح الميم والتاء, وهي على وزن مَفعَل، أي اسم المكان من الفعل قتل
المقتل هو موضع الجسم الذي إذا أُصيب بجرح لا يُرتجى النجاة منه
وفي اللغة الإنجليزية يُسمَّى مثل هذا الموضع في الجسم
a kill spot
See for example the following discussion:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090726123714AA...
".... I know many will say a gun is much more lethal, but only if you go for a kill spot like the head or chest..."
I mention this not by way of translating it, but only by way of explaining it. I belive the phrase أُصيبت مَقاتله should be translated as a whole.
عبارة أُصيبَت مَقاتله كناية عن هلاك المرء
والمقصود بالهلاك هنا هلاك مقامه عالماً
He is finished, perished, doomed, done for, done in, etc.
المقتل هو موضع الجسم الذي إذا أُصيب بجرح لا يُرتجى النجاة منه
وفي اللغة الإنجليزية يُسمَّى مثل هذا الموضع في الجسم
a kill spot
See for example the following discussion:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090726123714AA...
".... I know many will say a gun is much more lethal, but only if you go for a kill spot like the head or chest..."
I mention this not by way of translating it, but only by way of explaining it. I belive the phrase أُصيبت مَقاتله should be translated as a whole.
عبارة أُصيبَت مَقاتله كناية عن هلاك المرء
والمقصود بالهلاك هنا هلاك مقامه عالماً
He is finished, perished, doomed, done for, done in, etc.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
1 hr
Abdelmonem Samir
Native in Arabic
Works in field
your Arabic language partner
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
56
he would start slipping
"I don't know" is the scholar's last line of defence, if he abandoned it, he would become vulnerable.
In other words,
It is not shameful for a scholar to say "I don't know" when he really does not know.
In other words,
It is not shameful for a scholar to say "I don't know" when he really does not know.
2 hrs
Maha Arara
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
United Kingdom
Legal and Financial Translation
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
he will be crticized where it hurts
,
4 hrs
His weaknesses
The term مقاتل is the plural of مقتل which is the weak point on the body where if attacked can kill. An Achilles Heel if you wish. The text means that if a scholar/scientist is too arrogant to say "I don't know", he'd be open to criticism that may put an end to his credibility.
5 hrs
hit his weakness point
21 hrs
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
200
fatal flaw
A scholar's fatal flaw is to refrain from saying "I don't know".
Something went wrong...