Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

تحقيق

English translation:

reportage

Added to glossary by Saleh Ayyub
Nov 21, 2007 18:22
16 yrs ago
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Arabic term

تحقيق

Arabic to English Other Journalism newspaper sections
is it feature?

it's an article about the rise in the price of bread and how this was affected by the increase in the price of diesel.
Change log

Nov 27, 2007 00:55: Saleh Ayyub Created KOG entry

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reportage


التحقيق الصحفي

hope this helps

Saleh
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agree AhmedAMS
6 mins
Thanks mate :)
agree Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
9 mins
Thanks mate :)
agree Assem Mazloum : indded
31 mins
Thanks mate :)
agree Salam Alrawi
52 mins
agree Alaa Yaghi
53 mins
neutral Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword) : Wikepedia is more closer to the broader meaning of reportage although Ectaco does define reportage as you suggest, which is too narrow. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reportage
3 hrs
agree Hasan Abu Khalil
3 hrs
agree Samya Salem (X)
10 hrs
agree Sayed Moustafa talawy
15 hrs
agree zax
15 hrs
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investigative reporting

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Peer comment(s):

agree AhmedAMS : investigative report or reportage
8 mins
Many thanks.
agree Khalid W : Reportage I think is British English. For American English, investigative report.
5 hrs
Many thanks.
agree Christina Keating (X) : the best of all given options...investigative being the important term.
7 hrs
Many thanks.
agree Sayed Moustafa talawy
15 hrs
Many thanks
agree zax
15 hrs
Many thanks.
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probe/analysis/examination/scrutiny/study

To distinguish it somewhat from official detective work. See the thesaurus for additional terms under investigation wihtout the police context that are not included in the link below. As a free lance journalist, I can ascertain that the above term apply very well.
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Report

Report is the word when it comes to magazines and newspapers. Reportage is more related to television. See this example:

LE Magazine August 2007
REPORT
The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/aug2007_report_cellphone...
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Special ¨Report: Gun violence in America

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1977307,00.html


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agree Sayed Moustafa talawy
9 hrs
agree zax
9 hrs
agree Mohamed Ghazal
4 days
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2 days 2 hrs

Reportage

An article written in a magazine or journal
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