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"Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie"

Arabic translation: "ألف خمس صفر تسع تاء" أو "أ 905 ت"

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English term or phrase:	"Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie"
Arabic translation:	"ألف خمس صفر تسع تاء" أو "أ 905 ت"
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21:42 Aug 20, 2010

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English term or phrase: "Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie"

Dear all,

How can we best translate "Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie" in the following example:

"A CIA agent (into cell phone):
This is Agent Vaughn, field code Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie."

Can we say "أ 905 ت" ??

Thanks a lot.

maiabulela KudoZ activity Questions: 467 (8 open) (53 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 15:01

ألفا خمسة صفر تسعة ت (او سي)

Explanation:
A (alef) 5 (hamsa) 0 (zifr) 9 (tisaa) C (taa ow see). Charlie is a military designator for the English letter "C".

Selected response from:

David Palmer
Local time: 06:01

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Summary of answers provided

5 +2

ألفا خمسة صفر تسعة ت (او سي)

David Palmer

........الفا فايف زيرو ناينا شارلي

Mohammad Gornas

AFZNC

ahmed ismaiel owieda

Discussion entries: 3

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

\"alpha-five-zero- niner-charlie\"

ألفا خمسة صفر تسعة ت (او سي)

Explanation:
A (alef) 5 (hamsa) 0 (zifr) 9 (tisaa) C (taa ow see). Charlie is a military designator for the English letter "C".

David Palmer
Local time: 06:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: yes, it's تشارلي . "ت" :) Thanks a lot

43 mins confidence:

"alpha-five-zero- niner-charlie" ........الفا فايف زيرو ناينا شارلي

Explanation:
This is a code and should be pronounced exactly as is in English(the original language) may be writen though in transliteration as shown above

Mohammad Gornas
Sudan
Local time: 16:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16

10 hrs confidence:

"alpha-five-zero- niner-charlie" AFZNC

Explanation:
I think this is the code used in aviation also where the term is used to indicate a letter.

ahmed ismaiel owieda
Egypt
Local time: 15:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

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Changes made by editors

Aug 26, 2010 - Changes made by maiabulela:
Edited KOG entry	maiabulela's old entry - ""Alpha-Five-Zero- Niner-Charlie"" => "ألف خمسة صفر تسعة تاء(او س"
Aug 26, 2010 - Changes made by maiabulela:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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