Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
لهم ثقلهم
English translation:
they have their weight ...
Added to glossary by
Liliane Hatem
Jul 2, 2010 08:07
14 yrs ago
Arabic term
لهم ثقلهم
Arabic to English
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ن لكأس العالم لدى الشباب في الوطن العربي والعالم سحر خاص من نوعة حيث يؤثر تأثيرا كامل على حياتهم ومن عده نواحي فمنهم من تجده حزين جدا كون ان فريقة قد خسر المبارة اليوم او ان المنتخب الذي يحبه ويشجعه قد خسر المباراة او اللاعب الذي يعشقه اصيب في المبارة وبالعكس قد تجدة فرح وفخور بما قدمة المنتخب الذي يعشقه من اداء او نجمة المفضل قد سجل عدة اهادف في المبارة هاذا من الناحية النفسية وايضا من الناحية الاخرى حيث تعطل هذه البطولة الكثير من الشباب عن عملهم خاصة اذا ما كانت هناك مواجهة قوية بين منتخبين كبار ولهم ثقلهم في ملاعب كرة القدم وتاريخها .
Proposed translations
(English)
5 | they have their weight ... | Liliane Hatem |
4 +2 | heavyweight | Nesrin |
5 | have weight /influence | Ahmed Badawy |
4 | with a significant relevance | baligh |
3 | of great significance for | Salwa Khalil |
Change log
Jul 2, 2010 08:10: Mohamed Kamel changed "Term asked" from "لهم ثقلهم في ملاعب كرة القدم وتاريخها " to "لهم ثقلهم "
Jul 3, 2010 15:52: Liliane Hatem Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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they have their weight ...
The Field day anthology of Irish writing: Irish women's writing ... - Google Books Result
Angela Bourke - 2002 - Irish literature - 3201 pages
... still they have their weight with Members of Parliament; and when the numbers swell to an aggregate of several hundred thousand, they exercise a potent ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0814799078...
Angela Bourke - 2002 - Irish literature - 3201 pages
... still they have their weight with Members of Parliament; and when the numbers swell to an aggregate of several hundred thousand, they exercise a potent ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0814799078...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
16 mins
heavyweight
To keep with the "weight" theme. But I guess you could use something like "major, distinguished, celebrated, leading"...
Similar context:
THE KAISER is in his county house, counting up how many heavyweight football teams will come through the exotic fun of those early games to ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/.../Gazza-win-World-Cup---wreck-...
On a different note, why is the text so riddled with grammar mistakes???
Similar context:
THE KAISER is in his county house, counting up how many heavyweight football teams will come through the exotic fun of those early games to ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/.../Gazza-win-World-Cup---wreck-...
On a different note, why is the text so riddled with grammar mistakes???
Peer comment(s):
agree |
mohdysh
: Exactly...They are called the heavyweights in practically every domain
2 hrs
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agree |
Linah Ababneh (X)
: glad somebody else noticed the grammar mistakes and run-off on sentence structure :)
9 hrs
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:-) One can only hope it's an excerpt from a chat forum, not a serious article!
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34 mins
with a significant relevance
A less literal translation.
55 mins
have weight /influence
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1 day 3 hrs
of great significance for
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