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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Media / Multimedia / Breaking News/ Washington Post | | English term or phrase: pat-down search | New details in the CIA attack: The suicide bomber won the
confidence of CIA officers by presenting "photograph-type
evidence" that he had been in the presence of al-Qaeda's top
leaders, according to interviews with a dozen current and
former government officials, who also said he detonated his
bomb as an American security guard approached him to
conduct a pat-down search. |
| Kayed ABU-ZeidKudoZ activityQuestions: 6 (none open) Answers: 47
Jordan
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| | التفتيش الذاتى بالأيدى | Explanation:
to pat someone, means "to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms."
as in second web reference.
Pat search, is the process of searching someone top to bottom, by patting repeatedly on his/her body. In Arabic security terms this is called تفتيش ذاتى
This is why such a search is offensive across genders: see:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-82862217.html |
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Local time: 21:42
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14 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1
14 hrs confidence:  تفتيش يدوي شخصي
Explanation:
I am not aware of an Arabic expression for 'pat-down.' I am offering the expression for 'manual personal serach' or 'personal hand search' or 'manual/hand serach of the person.'
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