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Thread poster: Keroles Waseem
Keroles Waseem
Keroles Waseem  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 14:15
Arabic to English
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Jan 6, 2022

I'm subtitling a video but I can't reach a perfect translation to this sentence:

Boy to his sister:

you may have just hit on something.
And for once it's not a married man.

I found this translation:

لقد راودتك فكرة جيدة.
وليس متعلقة برجل متزوج كالعادة.

but you can see it doesn't convey the full meaning.

I thought of something like:
على غير العادة ... See more
I'm subtitling a video but I can't reach a perfect translation to this sentence:

Boy to his sister:

you may have just hit on something.
And for once it's not a married man.

I found this translation:

لقد راودتك فكرة جيدة.
وليس متعلقة برجل متزوج كالعادة.

but you can see it doesn't convey the full meaning.

I thought of something like:
على غير العادة لقد تعثرتِ بفكرة جيدة
وليس برجل متزوج.

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Michele Fauble
Michele Fauble  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:15
Member (2006)
Norwegian to English
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Jan 6, 2022



[Edited at 2022-01-06 08:33 GMT]
 
Morano El-Kholy
Morano El-Kholy  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 14:15
Member (2011)
English to Arabic
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Try this one or its related synonyms. Jan 6, 2022

يبدو أن اختيارك كان موفقاً/صائباً هذه المرة
ولم يكن رجلاً متزوجاً كالعادة

Or something like that.

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En to AR can't find accurate translation. need opinions







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