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English to Arabic: Housing Projects Will Deteriorate the Saudi City General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Government / Politics
Source text - English When some colleagues asked me what I think about the housing communities that the Ministry of Housing is intending to build in the coming years, I clearly stated and reiterated what I wrote before about these projects; that they are about to deteriorate the Saudi city instead of solving the housing crisis.
I wonder when we will realize that the housing crisis is not merely an economic crisis, but also a cultural crisis. Surely, the economic side of the problem has not been underestimated; fortunately the kingdom has the necessary economic resources to overcome any financial pressures, and I am confident that the required budget is affordable. However, we have not realized yet that culture is the key problem we have to focus on. It is not possible to have a standardized housing unit and claim that it suits different Saudi families from north, south, east and west; I believe that this generalization of the housing crisis will lead to severe and serious consequences on the urban and social nature of the Saudi city.
Translation - Arabic سألني بعض الزملاء عن رأيي في بناء المجمعات السكنية التي تزمع وزارة الاسكان بنائها خلال الأعوام القادمة، فقلت لهم أن رأيي واضح وقد كتبت عن هذه المشاريع من قبل وأكدت على أنها مشاريع سوف تخرب المدينة السعودية بدلاً من أن تحل مشكلة الإسكان.
لا أعلم متى ندرك أن مشكلة الاسكان، هي بالدرجة الأولى مشكلة ثقافية وليست مشكلة اقتصادية فقط، بالطبع نحن ندرك أن الجانب الاقتصادي مهم، لكننا في المملكة ولله الحمد لدينا الامكانات الاقتصادية التي نستطيع من خلالها تجاوز أي ضغوط مادية وأنا على يقين أننا نستطيع توفير الموازنات المطلوبة التي نحل بها هذه المشكلة، لكننا لم ندرك بعد أن المسألة الثقافية هي الأساس الذي يجب أن نركز عليه، إذ أنه لا يمكن أن نضع نموذج موحد مثلا للوحدة السكنية وندعي أنها تصلح لكل الأسر السعودية التي في الجنوب والشمال وفي الشرق والغرب والوسط، أعتقد أنها هذا فيه تسطيح «خطير» لمسألة السكن سوف تكون عواقبها وخيمة وشديدة على النسيج العمراني والاجتماعي في المدينة السعودية
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Bachelor's degree - University of Alexandria
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Years of experience: 23. Registered at ProZ.com: Feb 2016.
Arabic to English (Alexandria University, verified)
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A Bachelor degree in English with major in Translation & linguistics- Alexandria University- Egypt May 1999
Native speaker of Arabic
13+ years of professional translation experience as a freelancer have worked from Middle East and currently based in Washington DC metro area, USA.
7+ years of demonstrated capacity to provide bilingual interpretations.
4+ years of creating, reviewing, amending, and copyediting bi-lingual legal documents and contracts.
2 years experience of facilitating language training.
2 years experience of providing bi-lingual training and course materials, policies and manuals.
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