Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
at all
Arabic translation:
وحتى في حالة إن أجاب
Added to glossary by
Neamaat Shehatah
Oct 7, 2008 23:04
15 yrs ago
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at all
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
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Hi
how to translate "at all" in this sentence:
" we cannot ask the writer what his theme is. If he answers us at all, he will only give us a simplification of the total meaning of the story"
how to translate "at all" in this sentence:
" we cannot ask the writer what his theme is. If he answers us at all, he will only give us a simplification of the total meaning of the story"
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Oct 8, 2008 17:32: Neamaat Shehatah Created KOG entry
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Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
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Egypt
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وحتى في حالة إن أجاب
وحتى في حالة إن أجاب، فسيعطينا....إلخ
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Comment: "thanks"
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
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فحتى لو أجاب
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Ahmad Barakat
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Fuad Yahya
47 mins
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Heather Shaw
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Assem Mazloum
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Mahmoud Rayyan
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Bayan Taleb
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Alexander Yeltsov
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Mohamed Samy Ahmed
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
Accurate, Affordable, On Time
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علي الاطلاق-مطلقا-علي اية حال
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Randa Farhat
: فإن أجابنا على الإطلاق (mind preposition typo. this one fits right rather than changing to "even if")
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yes randa , you probaby right , it is really good, i myself would go for that
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Ghada Samir
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many thanks ghada,
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بالمرة/بأي حال من الأحوال
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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فعلى فرض أنه أجابنا
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Najwa Al-Nabulsi
Syria
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Syria
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على أية حال
it gives a negative meaning; that he may not even try to reply our question.
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