English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / political commentary | | English term or phrase: Counterleak | | Counterleak ( now we are getting sophisticated) is an anonymous source’s passing of a charge of someone else’s leaking to a reporter, who sees a conspiracy in the exposure of the original, possibly authorized, leak. |
| | | تسريب مضاد | Explanation:
أو تسريب معاكس
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Note added at 2003-10-13 08:21:01 (GMT)
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Two points need to be made about Safire\'s definition of \"counterleak\":
1. The sentence is not well constructed. The relative pronoun \"who\" does not refer to a clear prior noun. Safire could have written the sentence much more clearly.
2. Safire\'s definition, whatever \"who\" refers to, is too restrictive. The truth is that \"counterleak\" is used in a broad variety of ways, all of which hover around the idea of a leak made in response to another leak, usually with an opposite political motivation. Another possible translation would be تسريب معارض |
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Fuad Yahya
United States
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| تسريب مضاد
Explanation:
أو تسريب معاكس
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Note added at 2003-10-13 08:21:01 (GMT)
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Two points need to be made about Safire\'s definition of \"counterleak\":
1. The sentence is not well constructed. The relative pronoun \"who\" does not refer to a clear prior noun. Safire could have written the sentence much more clearly.
2. Safire\'s definition, whatever \"who\" refers to, is too restrictive. The truth is that \"counterleak\" is used in a broad variety of ways, all of which hover around the idea of a leak made in response to another leak, usually with an opposite political motivation. Another possible translation would be تسريب معارض
| Fuad Yahya
United States
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Native speaker of:  Arabic, English
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