Dec 25, 2011 15:39
12 yrs ago
English term
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Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
who referring to ..... invited
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Government / Politics
It's a report for a UN organization.
"The session was declared open by the Director General, who referring to the agenda item 2 (Election of Officers), invited the delegations to nominate candidates."
Could you please rephrase the combination "who referring to ... invited". I need a straightforward structure so that I can be 100% sure of my translation.
"The session was declared open by the Director General, who referring to the agenda item 2 (Election of Officers), invited the delegations to nominate candidates."
Could you please rephrase the combination "who referring to ... invited". I need a straightforward structure so that I can be 100% sure of my translation.
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The Director General officially opened the session. Referring to the agenda item 2 (Election of Officers), he then invited the delegations to nominate candidates.
This could be one sentence, but I wanted to make it as clear as possible. I hope that this helps!
This could be one sentence, but I wanted to make it as clear as possible. I hope that this helps!
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Sheila Wilson
: Merry Christmas to you too, Jenni
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Thanks, Sheila. Merry Christmas.
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trsk2000 (X)
: Feliz navidad
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Thanks, Tariq. Best wishes for a peaceful, productive, and prosperous 2012.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Thanks, Tina. Best wishes for the holidays.
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AllegroTrans
: Makes sense now. Merry Christmas to you and Happy Translating in 2012.
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Thanks, AllegroTrans. A last minute Merry Christmas and a very good New Year!
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Phong Le
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Thanks, Phong. Best wishes for a fulfilling and prosperous 2012!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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who, referring to (making reference to), invited
a comma in the sentence makes the difference! Merry Christmas!
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-12-25 15:45:10 GMT)
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who =Director General
makes reference =referring to (Agenda item =Election of Officers)
so then he asks for nominations (for the election) from the delegations present.
HTH
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-12-25 15:45:10 GMT)
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who =Director General
makes reference =referring to (Agenda item =Election of Officers)
so then he asks for nominations (for the election) from the delegations present.
HTH
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Charles Davis
: It certainly does: a comma is all it needs. Merry Christmas, gallagy! :)
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many thanks Charles, hope your Christmas was good, now for New Year's!
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Alexandra Taggart
: "who, by referring to the item 2"; he's referring (pointing at) some document.
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Thanks Alexandra and Happy New Year!
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BdiL
: That's right, just a comma. Suddenly I was hit by a question, are commas used in Arabic? I know too little of that language to be able to find the proper answer. Maurizio
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many thanks:-) Yes, I also don't know about Arabic punctuation so just Googled it and Modern Arabic does use (reversed) commas!
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Stephanie Ezrol
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the Director General asked the delegates in each delegation
The Director General declared the session to be open and asked the delegates to look at agenda item 2 (Election of Officers). The Director General, then, asked (invited/requested) the delegations to nominate candidates."
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airmailrpl
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"The session was declared open by the Director General, who then referred to item 2 of the agenda (
"The session was declared open by the Director General, who referring to the agenda item 2 (Election of Officers), invited the delegations to nominate candidates." => "The session was declared open by the Director General, who then referred to item 2 of the agenda (Election of Officers)vand invited the delegations to nominate candidates."
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"The session was declared open by the Director General, who then referred to item 2 of the agenda (Election of Officers) and invited the delegations to nominate candidates."
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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-12-25 21:37:01 GMT)
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"The session was declared open by the Director General, who then referred to item 2 of the agenda (Election of Officers) and invited the delegations to nominate candidates."
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