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02:06 May 29, 2001 |
English to Arabic translations [PRO] Law/Patents | ||||
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| Selected response from: Alaa Zeineldine Egypt Local time: 15:02 | |||
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na | مَعلَم أو إنجاز |
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na | tasdidun mawqut تسديد موقوت |
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na | Aknowledgement |
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مَعلَم أو إنجاز Explanation: My financial dictionary does not have an entry for "milestone" or "milestone payment." Neither does my dictionary of business management. I suppose I need to get a dictionary of contractual terms. For the ordinary sense of "milestone," bilingual dictionaries give various Arabic terms, of which I prefer MA'LAM مَعلَم I find MA'LAM acceptable for your contractual context, unless you find a well-established technical term that you like. I am also proposing INJAZ إنجاز Since that is what a milestone is in this sense. I have also toyed with the term MARHALA مَرحلة ...but I found it less than fully satisfactory, because it may give the impression of "milestone" being a mere time measurement, when in fact a milestone is an event or an accomplishment. If nothing works, try a combination: مَعلَم مرحلي إنجاز مرحلي مرحلة مَعلَمية مرحلة إنجازية مَعلَم إنجازي إنجاز مَعلمي Some of these combinations may sound downright ridiculous, but that is OK. This is just a process to get you to an acceptable term. A good test of a term's usefulness is to check its morphological versatility. For instance, if we accept an Arabic term for "milestone", how would we then say "milestone payment"? I hope you receive a response with an acceptable, well-established term. If not, the above may have enough material to help you coin one. Good luck. Fuad Al-Mawrid, Ajeeb.com |
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tasdidun mawqut تسديد موقوت Explanation: As Fuad explained, it is difficult to find a fitting term using the Arabic for milestone or its derivatives. I have chosen to borrow the usage of the word miqaat ميقات from the rituals of the Hajj. The miqaat is one of several locations along the the route to Mecca where the pligrim must enter the state of "ihraam". The specific location depends on the direction the pilgrim is coming from. In general, miqaat is the place and/or time when an action becomes due. The adjective would be mawqut موقوت or mu`aqqat مؤقت. Here are references from the Glorious Quran: "إن الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابا موقوتا" "وإِذا الرسلُ أُقِّتَتْ" Now mu`aqqat has the connotation of "postponed", so mawqut fits better in your context. For payment, you could either use tasdid تسديد or duf'ah دُفعة. I chose tasdid since duf'ah is closer to the meaning of "installment", which is still not too far off. With this, your phrase becomes (of course the infliction changes with the sentence): tasdidun mawqut تسديد موقوت duf'atun mawqutah دفعة موقوتة You also have another alternative for mawqut, which is maw'ud موعود. The noun in this case is ميعاد, which means "the appointed time and/or place". For example: "صبرا آل ياسر فإن موعدكم الجنة". and "ard almi'aad أرض الميعاد", the land promised to the children of Ibrahim if they are keep their covenant. Hope this helps, Alaa Zeineldine muhit almuhit, lisan al-araab, Quran and Sunnah. |
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Aknowledgement Explanation: The answer chosen for the term was marhala, which was suggested by Fuad. Although the phrase tasdeed marhali is a combination of both our suggestions, I should acknowledge that the points should have gone to Fuad not me. Alaa Zeineldine |
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