Mar 7, 2008 04:17
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Arabic term

استحقاق

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
I had understood استحقاق as usually meaning something like 'entitlement', but that doesn't make sense here. The author is Algerian. Just from context, I would have said that "needs" or "pressing needs" might work.

بدأت بوادر انفراج الأزمتين الاقتصادية والأمنية مع انتخاب الرئيس عبد العزيز بوتفليقة كرئيس للجمهورية في 15 أبريل 1999. وكان هناك استحقاقين أساسيين أمام نظام بوتفليقة، الأول هو ضرورة الحفاظ على المكتسبات الاقتصادية التي تحققت في ظل برنامج التعديل الهيكلي ومواصلة الإصلاحات الاقتصادية والتجارية والمالية للحفاظ على هذه المكتسبات وتوفير الشروط اللازمة لاستمرارها. الاستحقاق الثاني هو ضرورة إيجاد حل للأزمة السياسية والأمنية القائمة، وذلك في حدود ما يسمح به التوازن داخل المجتمع وداخل مختلف الأجهزة.
وفي إطار هذين الاستحقاقين، تمثلت أهم محاور العمل خلال هذه المرحلة فيما يلي:

Discussion

whereas, the context connotes inescapable obligations or "dues" of the Algerian regime. With all due respects to all, of course.
I would tend to agree with Ahmed if one wants to keep to the literal context. Entitlement would still be more in keepimg with the literal and the context, but really, challenges is a bit off key, because it connotes a choice for the one being challenged,

Proposed translations

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faced with two main challenges

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Peer comment(s):

agree Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
39 mins
Thank you Heba :-)
agree Ghada Samir
1 hr
Thank you Ghada :-)
agree Assem Mazloum :
2 hrs
Thank you Profi :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Ahmed's suggestions were also really good, but I think this way sounds the most natural in English, even if it is a less literal translation. Thanks to all!"
+5
10 mins

mission / task / obligation

Note from asker:
I like 'task' the most of these three.
Peer comment(s):

agree Noha Mostafa : agree to "obligations"
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Alaa57 : due/scheduled obligations
6 hrs
Thank you.
agree Ghada Samir
6 hrs
Thank you.
agree Mohsin Alabdali
1 day 1 hr
Thank you.
agree Randa Farhat : 'due obligations'; perhaps also 'demanding issues'
1 day 12 hrs
Thank you very much.
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+1
6 hrs

Mandate

It seems to make sense.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sam Berner (X)
866 days
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7 hrs

entitlement

In this context I can see not other fitting translation than this. One may also say eligibility but I prefer the suggested term.
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2 days 11 hrs

demands, requirements

The phrase can be rendered: "there were two main demands before Buteflique's government, ..."

Examples:
http://www.sinnfein.ie/news/detail/6428
"In his speech Mr McLaughlin challenged the British government to meet the demands of the peace process".
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