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Black Cover

Arabic translation: غطاء أسود

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English term or phrase:Black Cover
Arabic translation:غطاء أسود
Entered by: AhmedAMS

18:40 Mar 13, 2002
English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: Black Cover
I'm curious as to how this term is spelled out in Arabic using the "ABC" format instead of traditional Arabic handwriting. A context would be: "They were members of the the experimental NASA group Black Cover."
Jeremiah Campbell
As follows:
Explanation:
غ ط ا ء
أ س و د
It is pronounced "ghetaa aswad"
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AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 09:12
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4 +1As follows:
AhmedAMS
4Formal Names also usually phoneticized w/ English equivalent
Stephen Franke
4al ghitaa al aswad.
meriem21


  

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As follows:


Explanation:
غ ط ا ء
أ س و د
It is pronounced "ghetaa aswad"

AhmedAMS
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Local time: 09:12
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Shisha (X)
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Formal Names also usually phoneticized w/ English equivalent


Explanation:
Greetings.

May I comment that an increasingly-common practice - when dealing with translation of a formal/organizational name or technical term - is to include the arabized phonetic pronunciation and/or (in parentheses) the original term (English, in this instance) in the source alphabet.

... ghetaa aswad (Back Box)

That practice seems followed especialy often in translations that involve aerospace, space, IT/telecom, and defense technologies.

HTH.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke



Stephen Franke
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neutral  Alaa Zeineldine: Yes and no. Names of teams, associations, and the like can go both ways, e.g. "Tamil Tigers".
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al ghitaa al aswad.


Explanation:
the answer would be al ghitaa al aswad
or al ghishaa al aswad.
meriem B

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