Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
at all
Arabic translation:
وحتى في حالة إن أجاب
English term
at all
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"
Oct 8, 2008 17:32: Neamaat Shehatah Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Egypt
ETLA Accredited Translator and Member
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
وحتى في حالة إن أجاب
Quality stands out...
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
فحتى لو أجاب
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Ahmad Barakat
37 mins
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Fuad Yahya
47 mins
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Heather Shaw
3 hrs
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Assem Mazloum
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7 hrs
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Mahmoud Rayyan
7 hrs
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Bayan Taleb
7 hrs
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Alexander Yeltsov
13 hrs
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Egypt
Accurate, Affordable, On Time
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Russian to Arabic, and 1 more.
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
7 hrs
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many thanks ghada,
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بالمرة/بأي حال من الأحوال
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
فعلى فرض أنه أجابنا
Syria
Creative translation
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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