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22:20 May 2, 2013 |
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / General | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mohammad Ali Omrani Local time: 17:27 | ||||||
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5 | primary works/actions/steps |
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5 | preliminary steps |
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5 | dispositions |
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5 | strategems |
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4 | scheming cases |
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primary works/actions/steps Explanation: |
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preliminary steps Explanation: preliminary steps/actions |
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scheming cases Explanation: ... and as soon as they could realize (complete) the scheming cases one after another... |
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dispositions Explanation: "...وهمين كه موارد تمهيدي را يكى پس از ديگرى تحقق بخشيدند..." "...and having made their dispositions one after the other..." Given the old formal register of this text, you could use "dispositions" which conveys the idea that a state of readiness has been entered into, which looks like what you need here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2013-05-03 04:22:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispositions |
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strategems Explanation: this conveys the idea of تمهیدی that their plans involved trickery, deceit, etc -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2013-05-03 21:59:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- yes...exactly what I mean...:) I had "strategy" on the brain |
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