Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

شد وجذب

English translation:

ebb and flow

Added to glossary by jankopolo
Feb 9, 2009 17:54
15 yrs ago
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Arabic term

شد وجذب

Arabic to English Other Other
من جهته، يذهب الدكتور أحمد سيف المصعبي، المدير التنفيذي لمركز سبأ للدراسات الإستراتيجية، في قراءته للعلاقة اليمنية الأمريكية وما يطرأ عليها من شد وجذب من حين إلى آخر، إلى اعتماد رؤية تنظر للموضوع من زاوية أوسع ترتبط بحسابات أوسع من التأثر العابر وهي حسابات حتمتها جملة من التحولات وتفرضها المصالح المتبادلة.

Proposed translations

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ebb and flow

I think that's what meant.
Peer comment(s):

agree samah A. fattah
2 mins
Thanks a lot Samah :)
agree Tarik Boussetta : ;)
4 mins
Thanks a lot Tarik :)
agree Zareh Darakjian Ph.D. : Welcome, Ms. Ayoub. I felt that your answer captured everything that the Arabic text intended to convey. I can't think of a more accurate, and at the same time, very elegant way of saying it in English.
1 day 11 mins
I appreciate your nice comment Dr. Zareh :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "شكرا!"
11 mins

deabte

debate

another suggestion that is not idiomatic:)

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Note added at 14 mins (2009-02-09 18:08:36 GMT)
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suggestion two:
fluctuation

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Note added at 18 mins (2009-02-09 18:13:19 GMT)
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debate doesn't fit in this context;)
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21 mins

dispute/drawing and attracting

dispute/drawing and attracting
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1 hr

push-and-pull relationship

means a relationship that is unstable... example

“All people, most especially people who profess to be educated, should seek to understand and appreciate the ***push-and-pull relationship*** between freedoms and responsibilities that the Constitution so artfully articulates,” she said.

http://www.thetartan.org/2007/9/17/news/constitution
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