Jul 30, 2010 22:41
13 yrs ago
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Arabic term
تصفية حسابات
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
ان المعارك الانتخابية المنتظرة لن تكون سوى معارك شعارات سياسية وتصفية حسابات
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | settling (of) accounts |
Nesrin
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| 5 +4 | paying off (or settling) old scores / wiping out an old score or scores |
Muhammad Atallah
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| 5 | Reprisals |
Mohammad Gornas
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| 4 | to square accounts |
Mostafa MOUHIBE
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Proposed translations
+5
24 mins
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settling (of) accounts
"The criminals carried out their executions as part of a settling of accounts with members of a rival organised crime gang. ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../why-even-prison-cant-stop-mexicos... - Cached
war participants to take their private fight to e-mail or to private chat and to refrain from settling their personal accounts publicly. ...
c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiPeace
The toast was to the 'day of reckoning': when, after France and Russia had been crushed, they would settle accounts with Britain, their most hated enemy. ...
www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/spitzers-whore-ashley-dupre/ - Similar
www.independent.co.uk/.../why-even-prison-cant-stop-mexicos... - Cached
war participants to take their private fight to e-mail or to private chat and to refrain from settling their personal accounts publicly. ...
c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiPeace
The toast was to the 'day of reckoning': when, after France and Russia had been crushed, they would settle accounts with Britain, their most hated enemy. ...
www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/spitzers-whore-ashley-dupre/ - Similar
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
+4
7 hrs
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Technical accuracy with fluency of style
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
88
paying off (or settling) old scores / wiping out an old score or scores
To get revenge for past wrongs.
Note from asker:
| Thank you |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Samir Sami
: yes, to "settle the score" carry the same fig. meaning of the Arabic, and is quite familiar in pol. contexts too.
1 hr
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| agree |
Anis Farhat
: I would go for "settling of scores" as it is an idiomatic expression.
5 hrs
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| agree |
sktrans
: settling scores
9 hrs
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| agree |
Muna Ibrahim
: Agree. My first mental response was (get even / pay off).
522 days
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10 hrs
Mohammad Gornas
Sudan
Sudan
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Sudan
Translation is a responsibily
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
18
Reprisals
The parties must have had some political diffrences or disputes i n the past and will take this opportunity to clear /settle them ...this act is normally more of a reprisal than any thing else
Note from asker:
| thank you |
13 hrs
Mostafa MOUHIBE
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Style is the dress of thought
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
to square accounts
to square accounts
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/settle accounts
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/settle accounts
Note from asker:
| thank you |
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