Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
In the unlikely event...
Arabic translation:
في الحالات مستبعدة الحدوث
English term
In the unlikely event...
My sentence is: "In the unlikely event that a local law or regulation conflicts with the Code, you should continue to comply with the law..."
The best I can come up with right now is
...،في حال ............، وهو أمر غير محتمل
Thanks in advance!
May 22, 2007 12:12: Abdallah Ali changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/58109">Nesrin's</a> old entry - "In the unlikely event..."" to ""في الحالات مستبعدة الحدوث""
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
More than translation!
Native in: Arabic 
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Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
مستبعد الحدوث
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Iman Khaireddine
: Exactly. I've just posted same answer Abdallah, but didn't pay attention to yours. I would translate it this way.
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Thanks. That's all right :)
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Lamis Maalouf
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Thanks Lamis
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Abdulrahman Bustani
9 hrs
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Thanks
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Mohammed Abdelhady
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Germany
Highly qualified and valued
Native in: German
Works in: Arabic to German, German to Arabic
Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
في الأحوال النادرة التي يتعارض فيها القانون كذا كذا
United Kingdom
Connecting Cultures
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 1 more.
my version...
This is the way I would solve it.
Egypt
Quality communicates you with Arab world
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi , Egyptian, Syrian, UAE)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, German to Arabic
يقل احتمال حدوثها أو احتمال حدوثها ضعيفاً
proven quality translation work
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Yemeni)
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
في حالة من الأحوال غير المرجح حدوثها
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-05-22 00:58:18 GMT)
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أو غير المرجحة
At the HEART of Words
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: English to Arabic, German to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 2 more.
لا قدر الله
but this is what I usually hear your stewardesses say :)
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Ahmad Batiran
: or لا سمح الله according to the request of the asker, this is really what fits in.
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Mohamed Salaheldin
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United Arab Emirates
It's not just a job...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Discussion
I thought the word مستبعدة/ مستبعدة الحدوث was most accurate, and I liked Yasser's concise construction, which doesn't require the insertion of a subordinate clause.
Deena, thanks for reminding me of what the stewardesses say, but I'm afraid it does not, as I thought, quite fit in a legal text! :-)
Thank you everybody else, your suggestions were all very close to those mentioned above.