Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
carpetbagger
Arabic translation:
دخيلاً على المكان/ ليس من أهل المكان/ألا تكون من أهل/سكان مدينة ما
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Samaa Zeitoun
May 14, 2014 21:09
9 yrs ago
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English term
carpetbagger
English to Arabic
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Mayors are usually from the places they govern. It's pretty hard to be a carpetbagger and be a mayor. You can run for the Senate out of a different state, but it's hard to do that as a mayor.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 4 +4 | دخيلاً على المكان/ ليس من أهل المكان |
Samaa Zeitoun
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| 5 | أطماع/تطلعات سياسية |
Tamer Mekhimar
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Change log
May 16, 2014 10:59: Samaa Zeitoun Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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12 mins
Samaa Zeitoun
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United States
Quality comes first
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Egyptian) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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26
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دخيلاً على المكان/ ليس من أهل المكان
من الصعب أن تكون دخيلاً على/من خارج مدينة ما وتصبح عمدتها
ألا تكون من أهل/سكان مدينة ما وتصبح عمدتها
ألا تكون من أهل/سكان مدينة ما وتصبح عمدتها
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8 hrs
Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
10+ years of experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
أطماع/تطلعات سياسية
أطماع/تطلعات سياسية
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