Apr 20, 2006 13:04
18 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Works in: English to Arabic
بعد فترة ليست بالطويلة ولا بالقصيرة
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
biography
بعد فترة ليست بالطويلة ولا بالقصيرة، ترك الوظيفة وعاد للكتابة
Proposed translations
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12 mins
Aisha Maniar
Native in English
Works in field
French/Arabic-English legal translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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28
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After a while...
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-20 14:27:11 GMT)
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the ليست بالطويلة ولا بالقصيرة bit reflects the (flowery) writing style of the original writer as the text is literary in nature. This information is superfluous in the English as it doesn't really mean anything at all; English is not a very flowery language at all, especially the modern language. The text you're dealing with is not written in medieval classical Arabic and hence an English translation need not reflect that kind of language - i.e. translation into archaic, flowery English
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the ليست بالطويلة ولا بالقصيرة bit reflects the (flowery) writing style of the original writer as the text is literary in nature. This information is superfluous in the English as it doesn't really mean anything at all; English is not a very flowery language at all, especially the modern language. The text you're dealing with is not written in medieval classical Arabic and hence an English translation need not reflect that kind of language - i.e. translation into archaic, flowery English
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Ramadan Bekheet
: or a while later.. >> call it a poor, pallid, unfriendly, painful, killing writing style, Aisha :))
10 mins
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Nesrin
: or after some time..
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Sami Khamou
: "after a while" reflects the ambiguity of the Arabic text.
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Saleh Ayyub
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much, Aisha (& thanks, strong-minded Bek)"
10 mins
After a short period of time he quit his job and went back to his freelance writing
Regards :)
+1
18 mins
Ahmed Dahman
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Professional Translation & DTP
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
after a period of time, which was neither long nor short
After a period of time, which was neither long nor short, he quit and reverted to writing.
1 hr
Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Jordan
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
Jordan
Dead On Dealines....
Native in: English 
, Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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12
After a certain period of time
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