پدر فولادسازی ایران

English translation: Iran's father of Steelmaking

08:52 Feb 7, 2016
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: پدر فولادسازی ایران
Hello Dear Colleagues,

Would you please provide me an English equivalent for پدر فولادسازی ایران ?

Thanks in advance
Komeil Zamani Babgohari
Iran
Local time: 15:01
English translation:Iran's father of Steelmaking
Explanation:
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Yes, This is from Longman dictionary:
the father of sth
the man who was responsible for starting something
 Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.
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Ali Farzaneh
Iran
Local time: 15:01
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Thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Father of Iran's steel industry
Niayesh Omidi
5 +1Founding father of Iran's steel industry
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
5The pioneer of Iran's steel industry
Mohsen Askary
5Iran's father of Steelmaking
Ali Farzaneh
5Progenitor
Mohamadreza Rezaeirad


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Father of Iran's steel industry


Explanation:


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Niayesh Omidi
Local time: 13:31
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  farzane sp: exactly
17 mins
  -> سپاسگزارم

agree  Edward Plaisance Jr
8 hrs
  -> سپاسگزارم
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
The pioneer of Iran's steel industry


Explanation:
پدر در اینجا به معنی پیشگام و پیشقدم می باشد.

Example sentence(s):
  • Video game pioneer Ralph Baer has passed away

    Reference: http://gadgetnews.ir/34194/video-game-pioneer-ralph-baer-has...
Mohsen Askary
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 2
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Iran's father of Steelmaking


Explanation:
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Note added at 52 mins (2016-02-07 09:45:04 GMT)
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Yes, This is from Longman dictionary:
the father of sth
the man who was responsible for starting something
 Freud is the father of psychoanalysis.

Ali Farzaneh
Iran
Local time: 15:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, are you sure we could use Father as پدر here? Doesn't it feel like a literal translation?

Asker: That makes two of us! Thank you very much!

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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Founding father of Iran's steel industry


Explanation:
با اين كه معادل دوستان صحيح است، ولي اين معادل از رسمي تر مي باشد و مي تواند در متن هاي رسمي به كار گرفته شود.

Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 14:31
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Dabaghzadeh: You're right. Founding father is formal than father.
3 days 17 hrs
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Progenitor


Explanation:
Progenitor of ......

Mohamadreza Rezaeirad
Iran
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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