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Arabic translation: خطاب تغطية

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English term or phrase:	cover letter
Arabic translation:	خطاب تغطية
Entered by:	Shazly

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01:12 Mar 24, 2004

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Bus/Financial - Management / administrative process

English term or phrase: cover letter

This is part of a title of a form letter. The full title is "Cover Letter to Accompany the Application Package." The application package consists of several documents requesting membership in an organization.

Fuad Yahya

خطاب تغطية

Explanation:
خطاب تغطية

Selected response from:

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 07:00

Grading comment

Judging by colleagues' comments, this appears to be the most commonly used expression, which is what I wanted to confirm.

I appreciate all the answers, but I found the answers of sabrygameel and wathib jabouri refreshingly inspired. I hope that either one of them (or both) gain more currency in the future. Thank you all.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +2

كتاب تغطية

monzer

4 +2

الخطاب المرفق

jenan

5 +1

خطاب إيضاح

globalvil

5 +1

خطاب تقدمة

sabrygameel

5 +1

رسالة تغطية

ALI HASAN

1 +4

خطاب تغطية

Shazly

كتاب مُرفَق

Dr. Mahmoud ELWAHEIDI

خطاب تقديمى موجز

Joseph Samir

رساله إستهلال

Dr. Wathib Jabouri

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

كتاب تغطية

Explanation:
رسالة تشرح الموضوع المرفق

monzer
Local time: 08:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

خطاب تغطية

Explanation:
خطاب تغطية

Reference: http://www.gd-ns-ict.com/Auto_arabic/Grants_Folder/Grantsall...

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 07:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

6 hrs confidence:

رساله إستهلال

Explanation:
هي الرساله التي تستهل بقية محتويات طلب خطي

Dr. Wathib Jabouri
Local time: 15:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

خطاب تقدمة

Explanation:
خطاب يرفق مع طلب أو عرض ما لشرح وتوضيح التفاصيل الخاصة به

sabrygameel
Local time: 07:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

خطاب تقديمى موجز

Explanation:
خطاب تقديمى موجز

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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2004-03-24 10:34:27 GMT)
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I have embedded the main characteristics of this letter in my translation , I guess it is a good strategy when introducing such English experssions to the Arabic language ..

Joseph Samir
Egypt
Local time: 07:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

الخطاب المرفق

Explanation:
Dictionary.com's definition of the cover letter (or the covering) letter is: A letter sent with other documents to explain more fully or provide more information. Also called covering letter.

so we can translate it as الخطاب المرفق I guess.. or we can say
الخطاب المرفق التوضيحي

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cover+letter&r=67
Reference: http://www.alnoor-world.com/learn/topicbody.asp?TopicID=137&...

jenan
Local time: 08:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

خطاب إيضاح

Explanation:
خطاب توضيحي

globalvil
Local time: 01:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

رسالة تغطية

Explanation:
ِA more preferable synonyms of خطاب تغطية suggested by Shazly

ALI HASAN
Local time: 08:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

2 days18 hrs confidence:

كتاب مُرفَق

Explanation:
I think this could be the best.

Dr. Mahmoud ELWAHEIDI
Local time: 08:00
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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