Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Human Resources | | English term or phrase: recovering plunderer | The context is :
I have become a recovering plunderer.
I'm making subtitling, but I don't know whether to say :
أصبحتُ ناهبًا مستردًا
is right or wrong ? |
| | | نهبت/أذنبت في حق الطبيعة ولكني أكفر عن ذنبي | Explanation:
صرت أكفر عن ذنبي بعد أن نهبت الطبيعة
What struck me the most though was the message from Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Global, a company that makes carpets (often known as the greatest culprit of C02 emissions). He spoke about how he read the book “Ecology of Business” and felt very bad to be part of an industry that was a major plunderer of nature. For him to speak right after Al Gore and talk about being a recovering plunderer was very impactful indeed! He has experimented with and found that the old model of business of take, make and waste can be replaced with a more sustainable cyclical mode of production.
http://getit.org/tag/ted/ |
| Selected response from:
  Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 09:55
| Grading comment Many thanks ^_^
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
| |
| Discussion entries: 0 |
|---|
Automatic update in 00:
|
12 mins confidence:  
7 hrs confidence: كنت ناهبا و بدأت طريق التوبة
Explanation:
I don't know what the context is, but this is how I think it should be put. And, yes, your translation is right, except for the word 'recovering' which i think means 'starting to change in a good way'.
| | | | Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) |
Return to KudoZ list
| Changes made by editors |
|---|
| Feb 28, 2010 - Changes made by Nadia Ayoub: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term |
|
|
| | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | |
| KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases. See also: Search millions of term translations  |
The translation workplace 
