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English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Military / Defense | | English term or phrase: Officer US Legion of Merit | This a decoration awarded to a military officer in the US.
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| | | وسام الاستحقاق الأمريكي | Explanation:
This decoration is different from the French Legion of Honour,initiated in 1802, and officially translated as وسام الشرف |
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Ahmed Reffat
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12 hrs confidence:  Legion of Merit (LOM) Award = wasaam al-sharf = وسام الشرف
Explanation:
Greetings.
The US decoration of Legion of Merit (LOM) = wasaam al-sharf وسام الشرف
A visiting senior Arab military officer received this high award during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. I was present, and the accompanying military attache of the "sending country" translated the certificate of award of the LOM that way.
He later advised that while the literal Arabic term -- as others have kindly mentioned in this thread -- for merit = "istiHqaaq (deservedness or merit), the term "wasaam al-sharf" had become the customary equiavalent term used in formal situations.
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
US military attache and foreign liaison officer
See text entry for related "backgrounder"
| Stephen Franke
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1 day23 hrs confidence: | officer us legion of merit وسام الاستحقاق الأمريكي
Explanation:
This decoration is different from the French Legion of Honour,initiated in 1802, and officially translated as وسام الشرف
| Ahmed Reffat
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Native speaker of: Arabic
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