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Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

محو الأمية

English translation:

Literacy

Added to glossary by macyemen
Sep 27, 2010 23:06
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Arabic term

محو الأمية

Arabic to English Art/Literary Education / Pedagogy محو الأمية
محو الأمية
Change log

Oct 11, 2010 06:51: macyemen Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nesrin Sep 28, 2010:
Context More context is needed ... the answers below are all correct but it depends on how it's used in your text.

Proposed translations

+3
12 mins
Selected

Literacy

Related to Adult Education

Illiteracy is the antonym
Peer comment(s):

agree Ali Alsaqqa : This is the translation used by UNESCO.
8 hrs
Thanks a lot
agree Taleb Ebrahim - Arabic - English - Turkish Professional Conference Interpreter-Translator
16 hrs
Thanks
agree Linah Ababneh (X)
17 hrs
Thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
19 mins

literacy / eradicate illiteracy

eliminate illiteracy
Peer comment(s):

agree Mohamed Hamed : agree
22 hrs
agree Linda Al-Bairmani
1156 days
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+2
6 hrs

eradication of illiteracy

Peer comment(s):

agree marcintob : This is literal meaning of the term in question.
6 hrs
agree Linah Ababneh (X)
12 hrs
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Reference comments

8 hrs
Reference:

LITERACY

This question was asked before :

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/arabic_to_english/education_pedago...

Anyway, the translation used by UNESCO is "Literacy".
Example sentence:

Literacy and Adult Education Section

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