Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
كلمة معالي مدير الجامعة
English translation:
University rector address
Added to glossary by
Noha Kamal, PhD.
Oct 12, 2008 20:46
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Saudi Arabia
كلمة معالي مدير الجامعة
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
الكلمة التي كتبها معالي مدير الجامعة حول الجامعة لموقع الانترنت الخاص بالجامعة
Proposed translations
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Change log
Oct 12, 2008 22:22: Noha Kamal, PhD. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Quality stands out...
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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University rector address
not president, mind you.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks alot Noha, I hope you are not upset with me now :)"
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Address by His Excellency the Rector
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zkt
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Thanks a lot, Zeina! :)
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sktrans
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Thanks a lot, SKtrans:)
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Mahy
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Thanks a lot, Mahy:)
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Sajjad Hamadani
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Thanks a lot, a1 interpreter:)
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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119
speech addressed by his excellency the president of the university
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
This would be used only by Arabs as you can see from the references. But we also had a president at the American University in Cairo and by googling it you get confirmation:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
This would be used only by Arabs as you can see from the references. But we also had a president at the American University in Cairo and by googling it you get confirmation:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
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Ayman Medarwash
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
Works in field
United States
Quality translation is a fine art!
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
The speech of his excellency the univeristy director(manager)
sometimes you can capitalize the letter (e) in excellency or even (h) in his
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Note added at 10 mins (2008-10-12 20:56:52 GMT)
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I guess the rector would fit better, but for awhile I thought the issue is with Excellency, not the title :)
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Note added at 10 mins (2008-10-12 20:56:52 GMT)
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I guess the rector would fit better, but for awhile I thought the issue is with Excellency, not the title :)
Example sentence:
His Excellency the President will be meeting you in the hall.
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Welcome (to the website) by the Rector
example:
Welcome by the Rector
Welcome to the UPEACE website! We are delighted that you are interested in our University.
http://www.upeace.org/about/welcome.cfm
Welcome by the Rector
Welcome to the UPEACE website! We are delighted that you are interested in our University.
http://www.upeace.org/about/welcome.cfm
Peer comment(s):
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Stephen Franke
: This better fits the context provided.
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many thanks Stephen, enjoy your day! :-) Deborah
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