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English term or phrase:	Foreword
Arabic translation:	تمهيد
Entered by:	imane kd

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08:04 Jan 15, 2007

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English term or phrase: Forward

dear colleagues,

what is the best translation for "forward" which comes at the beginning of books before the introduction ??

thanks in advance

vanilla_sky KudoZ activity Questions: 193 (3 open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 2
Local time: 14:14

تمهيد

Explanation:
Also تمهيد

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imane kd
Local time: 12:14

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3 +5

تمهيد

imane kd

3 +3

توطئة/تقديم

Ali Al awadi

5 +1

تمهيد

umsarah

كلمه افتتاحيه / افتتاح / افتتاحيه

zax

تمهيد

Zeinab Asfour

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peer agreement (net): +5

forward

تمهيد

Explanation:
Also تمهيد

imane kd
Local time: 12:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 28

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thanks

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

forward تمهيد

Explanation:
This word if usually used in Arabic books to refer to the "Forword", or sometimes to the "prologue"

umsarah
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of:

Arabic

12 mins confidence:

forward تمهيد

Explanation:
Although the word تمهيد stands for preamble, most likely, but it is also a translation of the word "introduction" which has the same meaning as "forward" = مقدمة

It might not be the accurate translation of forward, but again you can replace it with preamble :)

Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 14:14
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Native speaker of:

English,

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 6

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

forward توطئة/تقديم

Explanation:
It is usually translated as either
توطئة / تقديم

Thanks

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-01-15 08:16:43 GMT)
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First, it should be written as FOREWORD
It is a short piece of writing at the beginning of a book, sometimes praise by a famous person or someone who is not the writer

sometimes it is referred to as تقريظ
But usually with classical books or others on religious issues..

so introduction is مقدمة
Foreword توطئة/تقديم
Why تقديم and what is the difference?
introduction is usually written by the writer of the book as a summary of the material presented.
Foreword is usually written by other writers on the book and the writer...

Regards

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-01-15 08:20:23 GMT)
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and you can translate them as follows
Introduction مقدمة
Foreword توطئة
or
Introduction تمهيد
Forewrd تقديم

Ali Al awadi
Romania
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks but if i it is going to be تقديم, what about the introduction? i mean there would be تقديم and مقدمة in the book

1 day7 hrs confidence:

forward كلمه افتتاحيه / افتتاح / افتتاحيه

Explanation:
كلمه تقديم
افتتاح

zax
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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