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انما

English translation: is


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22:52 Nov 27, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / GCC Conformity Marking
Arabic term or phrase: انما
وضع شارة المطابقة الخليجية على المنتجات انما هو تصريح من قبل الشخص المسؤول بان :

I know it usually means "nothing but", however it doesn't quite fit here....
Might be a stupid assumption, but if they are looking to glorify this GCC why would they say "nothing but"?
Or is this just another way of saying ان ?


Thanks.
S. E.
United States
Local time: 16:00
English translation:is
Explanation:
انما هو could together be simply translated as "is"
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Andrew C
Local time: 21:00
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2isAndrew C
4 +1is only/justAhmed Badawy


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
انما هو
is


Explanation:
انما هو could together be simply translated as "is"

Andrew C
Local time: 21:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Said Abouharia: Good job! وضع شارة المطابقة الخليجية على المنتجات is a noun phrase as a syntactic function of the whole sentence.
24 mins

agree  Nadia Ayoub
9 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
is only/just


Explanation:
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Ahmed Badawy
Local time: 22:00
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mujeebwawa
2 days5 hrs
  -> شكرًا جزيلاُ
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