يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية

English translation: fills a void/gap in Arabic literature

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Arabic term or phrase: يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية
English translation:fills a void/gap in Arabic literature
Entered by: Doaa El Hefnawy

01:44 Aug 25, 2004
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية
الشخصيات المصرية البارزة جمعتها مؤخراً الهيئة العامة للاستعلامات في مصر، واصدرتها ضمن موسوعة ضمت ١٥٢٣ اسما وتعريفا لاهم الشخصيات المصرية في الميادين العامة السياسية والقضائية والجامعية والادبية والفكرية، وهو يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية بهذا الجانب.
Amir1
fills a void in the Arabic literature
Explanation:
Fills a void in the Arabic literature.
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Doaa El Hefnawy
Local time: 11:03
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8fills a void in the Arabic literature
Doaa El Hefnawy
3 +4fills a gap in the Arabic Library
Randa Farhat
5He bridges a gap ....
Saleh Ayyub


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية
fills a void in the Arabic literature


Explanation:
Fills a void in the Arabic literature.

Doaa El Hefnawy
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arabicstart
11 mins
  -> Thank you, Zarka

agree  Sami Khamou: Or fill a gap
46 mins
  -> Thank you Sami for your suggestion

neutral  Randa Farhat: I saw Sami's reply after posting. agree with Sami
54 mins

agree  Moushira El-Mogy
1 hr

agree  Amidas: agree with all
1 hr

agree  Alaa Zeineldine: ... in Arabic literature. We, Arabic speakers tend to overuse the article "the".
5 hrs

agree  Aisha Maniar: drop THEarticle...we wouldn't use it in English,,,"gap" also sounds better
5 hrs

agree  Hussam Mohammad
6 hrs

agree  Spring2007 (X)
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية
fills a gap in the Arabic Library


Explanation:
fills a gap in the Arabic Library

Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Awad Balaish
2 hrs

agree  ena
7 hrs

agree  ArabInk: library is used as a metaphor for literature here
10 hrs

agree  Mohamed Gaafar
3 days 18 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
يسد ثغرة في المكتبة العربية
He bridges a gap ....


Explanation:
The is how it is expressed: He bridges a gap ....

Saleh

Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
Local time: 22:03
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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