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Casimir and Cheryl

Arabic translation: كازِمِير و شَـرِل

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English term or phrase:Casimir and Cheryl
Arabic translation:كازِمِير و شَـرِل
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

11:12 Feb 3, 2001
English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Casimir and Cheryl
My husband specializes in Middle Eastern studies amongst his history studies and is enthralled with the Arabic language. I am currently making a piece of artwork as a surprise gift in which i'd like to include our names together written in Arabic. I would be extremely grateful if you could assist me in this very personal task. Thank you, Cheryl.
Cheryl Ennis
كازِمِير و شَـرِل
Explanation:
Dear Cheryl,

Your name is somewhat tricky, because of its short vowels (at least in the standard American pronunciation). Therefore, if you want the Arabic writing to preserve the same vowel quality and the same rapid rhythm, you should avoid the temptation to represent all vowels in letters. Vowel letters in Arabic only represent long vowels, as in Dan, Jean, or Boon. Short vowels, as in Cheryl, Merril, Doug, Bill, or Fritz, are represented by diacritical signs, little strokes above and below the actual letters.

I have indicated these above, but how they are going to appear on your computer screen is something that I cannot predict. On my two computers, The font on the KudoZ page of ProZ.com is far too small to facilitate visualization of such details. If your computer is set up like mine, you may want to enlarge the font for better visual discernment (in MS Internet Explorer 5, go to View, Text Size).

An alternative is to copy the text and paste it in a Word 2000 document, change the font to Traditional Arabic, then enlarge it to your heart's content (Open MS Word before you attempt the copy-paste maneuver).

Fuad
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Fuad Yahya
Grading comment
Thank you so much for the help.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
naكازيمير وشيريل
Mueen Issa
naكازِمِير و شَـرِل
Fuad Yahya
naكازمير و تشريل/كاسمير وتشريل
khain


  

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5 mins
كازيمير وشيريل


Explanation:
كازيمير وشيريل
where و means and, and should be joined with the word after it (no space).

best wishes for you
Mueen Issa

Mueen Issa
Local time: 12:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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Fuad Yahya
Mona Helal
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1 hr
كازِمِير و شَـرِل


Explanation:
Dear Cheryl,

Your name is somewhat tricky, because of its short vowels (at least in the standard American pronunciation). Therefore, if you want the Arabic writing to preserve the same vowel quality and the same rapid rhythm, you should avoid the temptation to represent all vowels in letters. Vowel letters in Arabic only represent long vowels, as in Dan, Jean, or Boon. Short vowels, as in Cheryl, Merril, Doug, Bill, or Fritz, are represented by diacritical signs, little strokes above and below the actual letters.

I have indicated these above, but how they are going to appear on your computer screen is something that I cannot predict. On my two computers, The font on the KudoZ page of ProZ.com is far too small to facilitate visualization of such details. If your computer is set up like mine, you may want to enlarge the font for better visual discernment (in MS Internet Explorer 5, go to View, Text Size).

An alternative is to copy the text and paste it in a Word 2000 document, change the font to Traditional Arabic, then enlarge it to your heart's content (Open MS Word before you attempt the copy-paste maneuver).

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you so much for the help.

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Mona Helal
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11 hrs
كازمير و تشريل/كاسمير وتشريل


Explanation:
I have provided two options because either one depends on the pronunciation of "Casimir"; if it is with "z" then it is كازمير
otherwise it is كاسمير

khain
Local time: 10:02
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

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