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Arabic translation: اعتباطيا/ على نحو اعتباطي


02:45 Jul 28, 2005
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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: spottily
Today, alone among the states, California apes Europe. Since 1977 it has imposed a royalty of 5% on works that sell for more than $1,000. The rule, however, is enforced only on the honor system--which in California means spottily.
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Arabic translation:اعتباطيا/ على نحو اعتباطي
Explanation:
You can also say على نحو يفتقر إلى المنهجية
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umsarah shawky
Local time: 23:32
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5اعتباطيا/ على نحو اعتباطي
umsarah shawky
4 +2على نحو غير منتظم ومتباعدHassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
5من وحي اللحظة
AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
5تفرقي او عشوائيzax
1شيئأ غير واضح المعالم
Shazly


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
اعتباطيا/ على نحو اعتباطي


Explanation:
You can also say على نحو يفتقر إلى المنهجية

umsarah shawky
Local time: 23:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dina Abdo
4 hrs

agree  Rania K
13 hrs

agree  Mohamed Gaafar
1 day1 hr

agree  Ghina
1 day16 hrs

agree  A Nabil Bouitieh
3 days20 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
على نحو غير منتظم ومتباعد


Explanation:
Merriam Webster's defines spottily as:
2 : lacking uniformity especially in quality ; also : irregularly or sparsely distributed (spottily is adverb)



    Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=spo...
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 00:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sam Shalalo
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Sam

agree  Alexander Yeltsov
8 hrs
  -> Thanx Alex
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
تفرقي او عشوائي


Explanation:
تطبيق القانون في هذة الحالة يكون متفرقا او عشوائيا

zax
Local time: 16:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
شيئأ غير واضح المعالم


Explanation:
لا تعني شيئأ واضح المعالم
تعني شيئأ غير واضح المعالم

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 23:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 124
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
من وحي اللحظة


Explanation:
Decided on the inspiration of the spot.

AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
Local time: 23:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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