Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
He is new to the area and to the industry
Arabic translation:
إنه وافد جديد على المكان وحديث عهد بهذا المجال
English term
Fast and reliable
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
He is new to the area and to the industry
Feb 22, 2006 02:25: Henry Dotterer changed "Language pair" from "Arabic to English" to "English to Arabic"
Proposed translations
We Deliver Quality At Low Prices
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic
إنه وافد جديد على المكان وحديث عهد بهذا المجال
والمرء عندما يحل بمكان لأول مرة يقال "وافد جديد"
وعندما ينخرط في عمل جديد يقال "حديث عهد بـ"
This translation is based on the Eng. Ara. Dictionary of Collocations
Australia
Craftsmanship, ideas, expert knowledge
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Lebanese, Sudanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Syrian, Egyptian, Palestinian) , English (Variants: Australian, US, British)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
أن المنطقة والقطاع جديدان عليه
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Mohamed Elsayed
: استخدام كلمة المجال بدلا من المنطقة قد يكون له وقع أفضل
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You are right; thanks
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إنه جديد على المنطقة و على المهنة
IMHO, "على" has to be repeated.
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Note added at 55 mins (2006-02-22 00:33:36 GMT)
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"industry" may be translated as sam noted above. So any of the following terms would work. "قطاع", "مجال", "مهنة", "صناعة".
However, the context is tourism-related, therefore, "صناعة"and "قطاع" are eleminated. (The former being non-frequent in Arabic for this field, and the latter describing a branch of an industry.)
"مجال" is the most proper word in here. It is even more sufficient than "مهنة".
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-02-22 03:27:45 GMT)
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Yet, since "مجال" and "منطقة" have somewhat close signifiers--especially on abstract levels, using "مهنة" instead of "مجال" would provide a very decent approach in this context.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-02-22 03:28:16 GMT)
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*close signifieds
proven quality translation work
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Yemeni)
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
جديد على المنطقة وعلى مجال النشاط
It is obvious that the implication is geographical and functional in scope.
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Russian, and 1 more.
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