Nov 14, 2009 09:37
14 yrs ago
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Arabic term
مصائب قوم عند قوم فوائد
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
مقولة
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+8
3 mins
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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60
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One man's meat is another man's poison
another option!
Peer comment(s):
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Jafar Filfil
4 mins
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Zoubida Hamdaoui
10 mins
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Osama Shahin
10 mins
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Ahmed Alami
13 mins
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Ghada Samir
38 mins
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Saleh Dardeer
57 mins
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Nidhalz
3 hrs
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 mins
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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60
The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others
The misfortunes of some people are advantages to others
+7
9 mins
Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United Arab Emirates
It's not just a job...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
One man's loss is another man's gain
http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/4507/member_submitted/idi...
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/one man's ...
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-11-14 09:47:55 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/One man's loss is a...
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=473...
http://americanlegends.blogspot.com/2007/08/one-mans-loss-is...
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/one man's ...
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-11-14 09:47:55 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/One man's loss is a...
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=473...
http://americanlegends.blogspot.com/2007/08/one-mans-loss-is...
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Zoubida Hamdaoui
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Ghada Samir
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Nadia Ayoub
33 mins
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Ziad Alghamdi
59 mins
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Rehab_Gamil
2 hrs
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Spring2007 (X)
5 hrs
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
7 hrs
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3 hrs
One man's meat is another man's poison.
I think proverbs should not be translated literally. I guess this is the closest English version for the same meaning.
Example sentence:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/One+man's+meat+is+another+man's+poison
Peer comment(s):
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Mohamed Ghazal
: You do realise that this is the same as Mr Attallah's answer 3 hours later.
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