This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to Arabic
  3. Other

cosmopolitan

Arabic translation: كوزموبوليتانيّ/عالميّ/غير محليّ/أُمَمِيّ/دُوَلِيّ

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:cosmopolitan
Arabic translation:كوزموبوليتانيّ/عالميّ/غير محليّ/أُمَمِيّ/دُوَلِيّ
Entered by: Ehab Tantawy

10:58 Feb 12, 2007
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Other
English term or phrase: cosmopolitan
Please read this sentence before responding:

"We work and live in an increasingly mobile, cosmopolitan and competitive world.‎"

I can't have "في عالم عالمي" obviously.
Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 18:33
كوزموبوليتانيّ . عالميّ . غير محليّ
Explanation:
كوزموبوليتانيّ . عالميّ . غير محليّ

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 mins (2007-02-12 11:01:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

أُمَمِيّ ; دُوَلِيّ ; عالَمِيّ
مواطن العالم : شخص يعتبر العالم كله وطنا له ، شخص متحرر من الاحقاد القومية او المحلية
Selected response from:

Ehab Tantawy
Local time: 10:33
Grading comment
Thanks Ehab. I went for the أممي
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2كوزموبوليتانيّ . عالميّ . غير محليّ
Ehab Tantawy
3 +3متعدد الثقافات
Abdulrahman Bustani
4 +1شمولي/كوني/متحرر
ahmadwadan.com
5واسع الأرجاء
Halim Aly
5عالميّة
Ahmad Batiran
4عالم مفتوح
muhammad turman
4عالم "منفتح على بعضه البعض"اا
Mohamed Salaheldin
3مواطن العالم
Zeinab Asfour


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
كوزموبوليتانيّ . عالميّ . غير محليّ


Explanation:
كوزموبوليتانيّ . عالميّ . غير محليّ

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 mins (2007-02-12 11:01:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

أُمَمِيّ ; دُوَلِيّ ; عالَمِيّ
مواطن العالم : شخص يعتبر العالم كله وطنا له ، شخص متحرر من الاحقاد القومية او المحلية

Ehab Tantawy
Local time: 10:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks Ehab. I went for the أممي

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zeinab Asfour: Ok..I was answering while you were adding your note :) So I'd go for مواطن العالم ;)
11 mins
  -> Never mind at all Zeinab.We are the same, i am highly appreciating your agreement.Thanks very much.
agree  Mohamed-hassan: citizen of the world كوزموبوليتانى : عالمى ، غير محلى
4 days
  ->  شكراً جزيلاً - Many Thanks, Mohamed
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
مواطن العالم


Explanation:
مواطن في العالم

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/co/cosmopolitan.ht...

Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 11:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 58
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
شمولي/كوني/متحرر


Explanation:
HTH

ahmadwadan.com
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 11:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 77

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Garabet Moumdjian: Garabet Moumdjian
9 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
متعدد الثقافات


Explanation:


Abdulrahman Bustani
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 12:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nancy Eweiss
56 mins
agree  Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
7 hrs
agree  Hala Gamal
3383 days
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
عالم مفتوح


Explanation:
عالم مفتوح
You may also consider:

عالم مفتوح للجميع


عالم متحوّل، مفتوح للجميع يسوده التنافس


muhammad turman
United States
Local time: 04:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
عالم "منفتح على بعضه البعض"اا


Explanation:
من المصطلحات التي في حاجة إلى التصرف عند ترجمتها

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 10:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
واسع الأرجاء


Explanation:
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Halim Aly
Egypt
Local time: 10:33
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
عالميّة


Explanation:
This has been mentioned by you, Sam, already. However it is the most accurate translation including any additional meaning(s) to this very word.
I tried to re-structure the Arabic sentence in a way that avoids the bad sound of the repeatition:



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-12 14:54:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

[correcting typo: repetition (not: repeatition)]

Example sentence(s):
  • إننا نعيش و نعمل في عالَمٍ تضطرد سرعة حركته و عالميّة قاطنيه و يزداد التنافس فيه
Ahmad Batiran
Yemen
Local time: 11:33
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search