Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
natural harbours
Arabic translation:
الموانئ الطبيعية
English term
natural harbours
| 5 +5 | الموانئ الطبيعية |
Abdelmonem Samir
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Iman Khaireddine
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| 5 +3 | مرفأ طبيعي |
Abdallah Ali
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| 4 +3 | موانئ طبيعية |
Abdulrahman Bustani
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| 3 +3 | مرفأ طبيعي/ميناء طبيعي |
Ali Al awadi
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your Arabic language partner
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
الموانئ الطبيعية
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Zeinab Asfour
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:D, mat3oleesh keda, enty el-kheer wel baraka
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Iman Khaireddine
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yea, I guess :)
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Nesrin
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Thanks, Nesrin
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ahmadwadan.com
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Ehab Tantawy
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Connecting Cultures
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الموانئ الطبيعية
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Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
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Nesrin
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ahmadwadan.com
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Ehab Tantawy
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Attention to Details
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
موانئ طبيعية
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A harbor where the configuration of the coast provides the necessary protection.
http://www.answers.com/topic/natural-harbor?method=26&initia...
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Nesrin
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ahmadwadan.com
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Ehab Tantawy
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More than translation!
Native in: Arabic 
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Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
مرفأ طبيعي
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No need to look it up in a monolingual dic, but here it is.
Harbour: an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's
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natural harbor: (geography) A harbor where the configuration of the coast provides the necessary protection.
www.answers.com
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Natural harboursA natural harbor is a landform where a part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage. Natural harbors have long been of great Military strategy and economic importance. Many of the great cities of the world are located on a natural harbor.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Natural harbour
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Nesrin
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Thanks. It is lively up here. :)
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ahmadwadan.com
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Thanks Ahmad
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Ehab Tantawy
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Thanks Ehab
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مرفأ طبيعي/ميناء طبيعي
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Being one of the major transatlantic Irish ports, Cobh was the departure point for 2.5 million of the 6 million Irish people who emigrated to North America between 1848 and 1950. On 11 April 1912 Queenstown was the final port of call for the RMS Titanic as she set out across the Atlantic on her ill
إذا فهو ميناء ومرفأ في ذات الوقت
وبطبيعة الحال كل مرفأ هو محمية طبيعية في حد ذاته دون تحديد لفظي إن لم يستدع النص خلاف ذلك
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السائل الكريم
لو قلت محمية طبيعية فحسب، ذهب ذهن القاريء لمعنى مغاير تماما للمعنى المقصود
النص يقول
إن الفندق كائن بمدينة كوب ، ويطل على أحد المرافيء الطبيعية التي توجد بها
ولا يمكن بحال أن تشير إلى المرفأ
Natural Harbour
بكلمة محمية طبيعية
وإن أردت أن توضح أهمية المرفأ كأحد المعالم الطبيعية، فكلمة "طبيعي" تكفي لتوضيح ذلك
أما إذا أضفت كلمة محمية تحولت الترجمة إلى
Overtranslation
which means adding an idea which is not in the original text.
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Nesrin
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Many thanks Nesrin
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ahmadwadan.com
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Thanks a lot Ahmad
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Ehab Tantawy
: قلتلك حط راسك قبل خط النهاية-لم تسمع لكلامي-أحسن ؛ تحياتي علي باشا
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كيف ونحن بين أسود!
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