Deaths at football match - Page 6

CatMandoo · #51 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadGuy

Damn you should've posted that before I start translating

But it's interesting to see the difference between the Arabic and the English version of it and what they're letting you English readers see........Or not see......

lol.....sorry, think you were translating while I was reading the article then posting here..

I think it all depends on the "translators" skills also, I have read some real "butcher jobs" of arabic to english. Just depends on the language level (english) of the translator.

DeadGuy · #52 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CatMandoo

lol.....sorry, think you were translating while I was reading the article then posting here..

I think it all depends on the "translators" skills also, I have read some real "butcher jobs" of arabic to english. Just depends on the language level (english) of the translator.

Well that's just great! In this case I think I should stop translating stuff

CatMandoo · #53 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadGuy

Well that's just great! In this case I think I should stop translating stuff

You do it from the kindness of your heart - the others are just being paid to do it, big difference

hhaddad · #54 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CatMandoo

You do it from the kindness of your heart - the others are just being paid to do it, big difference

Perhaps you should pick up a newspaer for 1l.e. in the morning and translate it for us

CatMandoo · #55 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hhaddad

Perhaps you should pick up a newspaer for 1l.e. in the morning and translate it for us

Are you a journalist? Not sure what you meant by this. I'm not putting anyone down, just stating a fact. If a journalists language level in English is perhaps Level 3 or 4, there will be mistakes, the arabic language is very complex, as is the english language.

If you are not a journalist, then I appreciate any and all attempts at translations you make, along with Deadguys and others.

aykalam · #56 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadGuy

Well that's just great! In this case I think I should stop translating stuff

Please don't: I wish my Arabic was as good as your English.

expatagogo · #57 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 05:28 PM

No comment.

‫????? ??????? ???? ?????? ????????? ???? ???? ???????‬&lrm; - YouTube

And you don't need to know Arabic to see what's going on.

aykalam · #58 (**permalink**) 7th February 2012, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by expatagogo

No comment.

‫????? ??????? ???? ?????? ????????? ???? ???? ???????‬&lrm; - YouTube

And you don't need to know Arabic to see what's going on.

I read about this "incident" here:

Cairo: An Islamist lawmaker plunged Egyptian parliament on Tuesday into a row when he insisted on making a call for prayer during a heated debate over the violent clashes between security forces and anti-military protesters in central Cairo.
MP Mamdouh Esmail from the radical Salafist Al Asala, ignored a warning from Speaker of the legislature Saad Al Katatni and recited the call for the afternoon prayer (Asr) inside the chamber.
"You are not more pious than us," Al Katatni reproached Esmail. "You hamper the process of the debate. If you want, you can go to the mosque outside the hall to announce the call for prayer."
Esmail, a lawyer by profession, walked out in protest against refusing his request that the session be suspended for Muslim lawmakers to perform the prayer.
On January 23, at the inaugural session of the parliament several Salafist lawmakers improvised an Islamist oath during a swearing-in ceremony.
The Muslim Brotherhood, an influential moderate group banned under Mubarak, holds nearly half of the parliament's seats.

gulfnews : Row in Egypt parliament over call for prayer

expatagogo · #59 (**permalink**) 8th February 2012, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadGuy

What shocked me actually, not just surprised me, is the amount of the comments that AGREE with what this idiot said

God bless the democracy

Sorry, DG, but I can't agree with the "spit" because everyone has a right to an equal voice in a democracy.

Whether I agree with him or not does not matter because I am not Egyptian and this is a matter for Egyptians to sort out. I do, however, believe that he has a right to voice his opinion, freely and openly.

bat · #60 (**permalink**) 8th February 2012, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CatMandoo

Are you a journalist? Not sure what you meant by this. I'm not putting anyone down, just stating a fact. If a journalists language level in English is perhaps Level 3 or 4, there will be mistakes, the arabic language is very complex, as is the english language.

If you are not a journalist, then I appreciate any and all attempts at translations you make, along with Deadguys and others.

Again bursting bubbles, does anyone think that the news paper articles are written by journalists!! And the articles in English are badly written yes but there also edited the way that they want, for foreigners. Egyptians, don't like to be seen in a bad light to foreigners. There are more truthfully articles etc about what's going on in this country by the youth, on other well known sites, not by what's in state run English , Arabic newspapers.
Bat