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Arabic translation: كن أفضل من منافسيك/جيرانك

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English term or phrase:	Keeping Up with the Joneses
Arabic translation:	كن أفضل من منافسيك/جيرانك
Entered by:	Haytham Hammam

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12:49 Aug 23, 2011

English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations / idiom

English term or phrase: Keeping Up with the Joneses

This idiom was mentioned as a sub-heading in an article about cloud computing and it impact on businesses in the future.

Haytham Hammam KudoZ activity Questions: 73 (2 open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 16 United Arab Emirates
Local time: 07:45

/كن أفضل مما حولك/كن أفضل من منافسيك/كن أفضل من السوق

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

Selected response from:

TargamaT
Syria
Local time: 06:45

Grading comment

Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

مواكبة العصر

hanysalah

4 +2

/كن أفضل مما حولك/كن أفضل من منافسيك/كن أفضل من السوق

TargamaT

4 +1

مواكبة التطورات/الجديد/الابتكارات/التقدم

Ahmed Badawy

4 +1

لا تتأخر عن الركب

Nadia Ayoub

تقليد الجيران

Mohsin Alabdali

منافسة أو مواكبة الجيران

Myrtrad1

مواكبة التطورات

Ahmed Samir G

حتى لا يفوتك القطار

Translatall

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

5 mins confidence:

keeping up with the joneses حتى لا يفوتك القطار

Explanation:
يعني يجب ان تكون على اهبة الاستعداد و لا تترك منافسك يتفوق عليك و تبقى على اطلاع على ما يجري حولك

Translatall
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

keeping up with the joneses مواكبة العصر

Explanation:
حتى لا تصبح متخلفا عمن حولك

hanysalah
Egypt
Local time: 05:45
Native speaker of:

Arabic

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

keeping up with the joneses مواكبة التطورات/الجديد/الابتكارات/التقدم

Explanation:
السير على نهج التطور والتقدم والارتقاء (في عالم التقنيات) والتفاعل معها

Ahmed Badawy
Local time: 05:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

keeping up with the joneses

/كن أفضل مما حولك/كن أفضل من منافسيك/كن أفضل من السوق

Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

TargamaT
Syria
Local time: 06:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in category: 64

Grading comment

Thanks

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

keeping up with the joneses لا تتأخر عن الركب

Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-23 14:19:55 GMT)
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أو لا تتخلف عن الركب

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 05:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 104

36 mins confidence:

keeping up with the joneses مواكبة التطورات

Explanation:
Strive to match one's neighbours in spending and social standing.
But as we talk about Computing cloud, it means that we keep up with everything new in that field.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/216400.html

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Note added at 38 دقائق (2011-08-23 13:28:51 GMT)
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مواكبة كل ما هو جديد

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Note added at 3 ساعات (2011-08-23 16:27:35 GMT)
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كن في الصدارة

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

Ahmed Samir G
Egypt
Local time: 05:45
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

18 mins confidence:

keeping up with the joneses منافسة أو مواكبة الجيران

Explanation:
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Note added at 9 heures (2011-08-23 22:40:22 GMT)
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كن سباقاً في مجالك

Myrtrad1
Local time: 05:45
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

20 hrs confidence:

keeping up with the joneses تقليد الجيران

Explanation:
إذا جلب الجيران راديو، جلبنا راديو مثلهم
وإذا جلبوا تلفزيونا قلدناهم
وإن غيروغ تلفزيونهم إلى تلفزيون ملون فعلنا مثلهم
وإن رفعوا صحنا لاستقبال إرسال الأقمار الصناعية رفعنا صحنا مثلهم
ونبقى دوما نقلد الجيران فيما يجلبون

Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 06:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

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