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English term or phrase:	A piece of intelligence
Arabic translation:	معلومة استخباراتية
Entered by:	Aljobury

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07:55 Feb 28, 2008

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English term or phrase: A piece of intelligence

Usually 'a piece of' something is used when there is no singular in English. As such piece of news = خبر, a piece of information = معلومة but how can I put a piece of intelligence into Arabic. Below is the context:

Individual pieces of information are not necessarily reliable and ...., while *a piece of intelligence* is meaningless on its own if it is not ...

Thank you

Aljobury KudoZ activity Questions: 55 (7 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 438 Egypt
Local time: 08:09

معلومة استخباراتية

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Assem Mazloum
Local time: 09:09

Grading comment

I guess after all, this is the closest and most common translation. Many thanks to all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +7

معلومة استخباراتية

Assem Mazloum

3 +4

معلومة استخباراتية

ahmadwadan.com

5 +1

تقرير استخباري

Alaa Abdulsalam

إخبارية، مخابرة

Fuad Yahya

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

a piece of intelligence

معلومة استخباراتية

Explanation:
*

Assem Mazloum
Local time: 09:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

I guess after all, this is the closest and most common translation. Many thanks to all

Notes to answerer

Asker: I actually thought of this but since it is a comparison between information and intelligence I wanted to steer away from using معلومة for intelligence, unless unavoidable. Let us wait and see if there are any other proposals. Many thanks

Asker: I actually thought of this but since it is a comparison between information and intelligence I wanted to steer away from using معلومة for intelligence, unless unavoidable. Let us wait and see if there are any other proposals. Many thanks

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

a piece of intelligence معلومة استخباراتية

Explanation:
Miller, Stone, and Mitchell make the same mistake when they quote from a transcript of a conversation that was recorded by Italian intelligence in August of 2001 between two Al Qaeda operatives, Abdel Kader Es Sayed and a man known as al Hilal. This, they say, is yet another piece of intelligence that "seemed to forecast the September 11 attacks."

Reference: http://www.gladwell.com/2003/2003_03_10_a_dots.html

ahmadwadan.com
Kuwait
Local time: 09:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 44

Notes to answerer

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a piece of intelligence تقرير استخباري

Explanation:
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-02-28 12:18:57 GMT)
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Yes, it may be far-fetched and on the boundaries of the semantic range. But is is there! since you're looking for something other than معلومة استخبارية like "an item of intelligence" or "a clip from an intelligence report" HTH

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-02-28 12:19:50 GMT)
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Typo *But it is there!"

Reference: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301faessay85202/paul-r-pi...

Alaa Abdulsalam
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 09:09
Native speaker of:

Arabic

9 hrs confidence:

a piece of intelligence إخبارية، مخابرة

Explanation:
In Saudi Arabia, we use إخبارية in common parlance. We say, for instance:

قبض على فلان للاسـتجواب بعد وصول إخبارية عن احتمال تورطه

والجمع إخباريات

I have not seen it in writing, but I use it without hesitation.

The other term is مخابرة

This is where the common term مخابرات comes from.

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 36

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