كومباس

English translation: Kompass

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Arabic term or phrase:	كومباس
English translation:	Kompass
Entered by:	zkt

16:04 Nov 14, 2008

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

Arabic term or phrase: كومباس

وهذا يناقض سياسة كومباس التي الشركة تسير عليها

Is this metaphorical or literal?

This is contrary to the policies of the compass that the company is guided by
or
This is contrary to the policies of the direction in which the company is moving/headed
or something else?

Heather Shaw KudoZ activity Questions: 261 (2 open) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 137 United States
Local time: 23:22

Kompass

Explanation:
This is a multinational business directory company

Selected response from:

zkt
Lebanon
Local time: 00:22

Grading comment

Thanks, I checked with the PM, and it was in fact referring to the name of the company.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

Kompass

zkt

4 +1

Compass

Fuad Yahya

This is contrary to the compass policies that the company is guided by

Maha El-Metwally

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

12 mins confidence:

This is contrary to the compass policies that the company is guided by

Explanation:
Since there is no other context, I can only assume that compass is either the name of a company, organization, association or the name of a set of policies that certain companies adopt. Your first translation is then correct. The Arabic sentence is a bit awkward though.

Maha El-Metwally
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Compass

Explanation:
The name of the policy is "Compass Policy," as in the following document:

http://www.worksourceoregon.org/index.php?option=com_docman&...

(You can download the actual document at the bottom of the page).

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 36

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Kompass

Explanation:
This is a multinational business directory company

zkt
Lebanon
Local time: 00:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks, I checked with the PM, and it was in fact referring to the name of the company.

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