هكذا

English translation: thus

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Arabic term or phrase:هكذا
English translation:thus
Entered by: sktrans

09:26 Jul 7, 2009
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore / Sinbad
Arabic term or phrase: هكذا
Greetings,

It’s from the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as retold in part in Teach Yourself Arabic by Jack Smart and Frances Altorfer:

و بينما هو جالس هكذا سمع موسيقى جميلة منبعثة من داخل القصر٠

Is it like “then” or “behold” or something else again?

Best wishes,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:40
thus
Explanation:
while thus sitting

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One day while thus sitting, this individual felt a call to preach, though under the circumstances to do so seemed sheer nonsense. The call was, however, ...
books.google.com/books?id=4kErAAAAYAAJ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-07 13:20:57 GMT)
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And the Blessed One, leaving the road, went to the foot of a tree and drawing near sat down on the appointed seat and while thus sitting he said to Ananda: ...
www.sacred-texts.com/bud/udn/udn7.htm - Cached - Similar
Matthew 27:19 While he was sitting on the tribunal a message cameWhile Pilate was thus labouring the matter, he was confirmed in his .... saying seat sent sitting suffered that the this to today was While wife with ...
biblebrowser.com/matthew/27-19.htm - Cached - Similar
Southern Law Review and Chart of the Southern Law and Collection Union - Google Books Result1882 - Law
Thus, in an old case in New York, it appeared that while the case was

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Complete fairy tales - Google Books Resultby Wilhelm Grimm, Padraic Colum - 2002 - Fiction - 772 pages
And while he was thus sitting, the King of the
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sktrans
Local time: 06:40
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3(in) this way, that way
Muhammad Atallah
4 +4thus
sktrans
5as such
hassan zekry
2like this, similar to this, this way, as this
Nidhalz


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
as such


Explanation:
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hassan zekry
Local time: 12:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(in) this way, that way


Explanation:
(in) this way OR that way

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin
9 mins

agree  Mohamed Kamel
1 hr

agree  Taleb Ebrahim - Arabic - English - Turkish Professional Conference Interpreter-Translator
5 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
like this, similar to this, this way, as this


Explanation:
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Nidhalz
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
thus


Explanation:
while thus sitting

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-07 13:19:26 GMT)
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One day while thus sitting, this individual felt a call to preach, though under the circumstances to do so seemed sheer nonsense. The call was, however, ...
books.google.com/books?id=4kErAAAAYAAJ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-07 13:20:57 GMT)
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And the Blessed One, leaving the road, went to the foot of a tree and drawing near sat down on the appointed seat and while thus sitting he said to Ananda: ...
www.sacred-texts.com/bud/udn/udn7.htm - Cached - Similar
Matthew 27:19 While he was sitting on the tribunal a message cameWhile Pilate was thus labouring the matter, he was confirmed in his .... saying seat sent sitting suffered that the this to today was While wife with ...
biblebrowser.com/matthew/27-19.htm - Cached - Similar
Southern Law Review and Chart of the Southern Law and Collection Union - Google Books Result1882 - Law
Thus, in an old case in New York, it appeared that while the case was

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-07-07 13:22:38 GMT)
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Complete fairy tales - Google Books Resultby Wilhelm Grimm, Padraic Colum - 2002 - Fiction - 772 pages
And while he was thus sitting, the King of the

sktrans
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fuad Yahya: Perfect -- although the choice will depend on the register selected by the translator.
56 mins
  -> thank you

agree  Taleb Ebrahim - Arabic - English - Turkish Professional Conference Interpreter-Translator
1 hr
  -> thank you

agree  zax
2 hrs
  -> thank you

agree  Sam Shalalo
12 hrs
  -> thank you
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