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مواقف طريفة

English translation: anecdotes

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Arabic term or phrase:مواقف أو حكايات طريفة
English translation:anecdotes
Entered by: Amer al-Azem

21:08 Jan 25, 2004
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Arabic term or phrase: مواقف طريفة
باب "مواقف طريف" يتناول قصص و حكايات طريفة عايشها مترجمون و مثقفون أثناء حياتهم.
Amer al-Azem
Palestine
Local time: 22:35
Humorous anecdotes
Explanation:
"Humourous" is an older spelling.

You can also say, "humorous vignettes."
Selected response from:

Fuad Yahya
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Humorous anecdotes
Fuad Yahya
5 +2funny incidents
Sabry Hameed
4 +2Humor in Lingua
Randa Farhat
4 +1memorable / anecdotal situations / circumstances / events / encounters / moments
Abdellatif Bouhid
5Funny Situations
ALI HASAN
4Funny Stories
Ahmed Ismail
4funny events
jenan


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Funny Stories


Explanation:
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Ahmed Ismail
Egypt
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 20
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
funny events


Explanation:
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jenan
Local time: 22:35
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 63
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Humorous anecdotes


Explanation:
"Humourous" is an older spelling.

You can also say, "humorous vignettes."

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2811

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Musab Hayatli: Or even just "anecdotes"!
12 mins
agree  Awad Balaish
5 hrs
agree  Aisha Maniar: yup, anecdote is the word that comes to mind.
8 hrs
agree  Alaa AHMED: with Musab and Aisha
10 hrs
agree  Mueen Issa
3 days 11 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
6 days
agree  samarh32
10 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
مواقف طريفة
memorable / anecdotal situations / circumstances / events / encounters / moments


Explanation:
memorable / anecdotal situations / circumstances / events / encounters / moments

Abdellatif Bouhid
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzytrans (X)
2 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
funny incidents


Explanation:
humourous incidents

Sabry Hameed
Egypt
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 152

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sousou
5 hrs
  -> thanx a lot
agree  renoa: h
1048 days
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
مواقف طريفة
Humor in Lingua


Explanation:
if you want to use the term as in Magazines where funny stories are published on job-related funny encounters, you could come up with a linguistic combination like these:

Humor in Lingua
Lingo-Humor
Translang-Humorous
Lingo-Bingo
Hectic Linguistic

and so on..

Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 22:35
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 839

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abdelazim Abdelazim
58 mins
agree  AhmedAMS: Good idea
6 days
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1 day 9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
مواقف طريفة
Funny Situations


Explanation:
No need for explanation

ALI HASAN
Local time: 22:35
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 28
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