Children don't fall throgh cracks

Arabic translation: لا يهمل الأطفال نتيجة لتصدعات في النظام

08:18 May 14, 2006

English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Children don't fall throgh cracks

At the front lines, as former caseworker put it, There is no system, there are only people-children don't fall through cracks, they fall through fingers. I now because alittle boy fell through mine.

( I think it is American slang, but it is from CPS case analysis, title, Case to Case Decision Making")

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Local time: 19:41

Arabic translation:لا يهمل الأطفال نتيجة لتصدعات في النظام

Explanation:
I agree with the explanations above, but you have to look at the expression within the context provided:

"There is no system, there are only people - children don't fall through cracks, they fall through fingers."

"Children don't fall through cracks" means they are not neglected as a result of cracks in the system.
"They fall through fingers" means they suffer as a result of human neglect.

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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:41

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4 +5

لا يهمل الأطفال نتيجة لتصدعات في النظام

Nesrin

5 +1

الأطفال لا يسقطون عبر الشقوق بل من إيادينا

ghassan al-Alem

لا تهمل الاطفال

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overlooked or forgotten

Mahammad Kalfat (X)

النظام ليس مسؤول عما يلحق بالأطفال من اهمال بل الانسان وحده هو المسؤول

Assya Aït Challal

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15 mins confidence:

children don't fall throgh cracks لا تهمل الاطفال

Explanation:
fall through the carcks: يهمل / لا يحظى بالرعاية أو الاهتمام
don't fall through the cracks: لا يهمل / يحظى بالرعاية أو الاهتمام

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/crack

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Egypt
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of:

Arabic

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

children don't fall throgh cracks

لا يهمل الأطفال نتيجة لتصدعات في النظام

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Thank you Nesrin

8 mins confidence:

children don't fall throgh cracks overlooked or forgotten

Explanation:
fall between or through the cracks: to be overlooked or forgotten

Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2004. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-05-14 08:29:56 GMT)
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there is a colloquial expression in Egypt with a similar meaning: يقع من قعر القفة.

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Note added at 31 mins (2006-05-14 08:50:16 GMT)
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for broader context of the subject see here: http://www.futureofchildren.org/information2827/information_...

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-05-14 08:56:51 GMT)
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الأطفال لا يسقطون في الثغرات، إنهم يسقطون من بين أصابعنا
to the effect that people (caseworkers) are the ones responsible not the system, because there seems to be no such a thing as system (finger vs cracks).

Reference: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/crack.html

Mahammad Kalfat (X)
Local time: 19:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

children don't fall throgh cracks الأطفال لا يسقطون عبر الشقوق بل من إيادينا

Explanation:
المقصود هنا أن الفشل لا يتأتى من تلقاء نفسه أو يكون ناجماً عن عوامل لا يكون للأنسان يداً فيها. وبالتالي، وبما أن النص له صلة بصناعة القرار، فيمكن ترجمة العبارة حرفيا بما يوفر مدلولا لغويا متساوقا مع سياق النص بشموليته.

ghassan al-Alem
Jordan
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of:

Arabic

3 hrs confidence:

Children don't fall through cracks النظام ليس مسؤول عما يلحق بالأطفال من اهمال بل الانسان وحده هو المسؤول

Explanation:
I think that it would be better to render the meaning (the point the author wants to make is that only people are responsible for what may happen to a child, and that the system has nothing to do with this)

Hope this helps

Assya Aït Challal
France
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French

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