Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
by the book
Arabic translation:
طبقا للاصول
Added to glossary by
Mohamed Salaheldin
Nov 23, 2008 21:18
15 yrs ago
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English term
Syria
Art & Science of Healthcare Translations
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
by the book
English to Arabic
Medical
Psychology
doing everything exactly by the book
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 4 +4 | طبقا للاصول |
Mohamed Salaheldin
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| 4 +1 | كما ينبغى |
Dr.Dina
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| 5 | كما يقول الكتاب |
Ghada Samir
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| 5 | بنص الكتاب |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 4 | طبقا للقواعد المنصوصة عليها |
Heather Shaw
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Change log
Nov 30, 2008 09:42: Mohamed Salaheldin changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/569505">Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh's</a> old entry - "by the book"" to ""طبقا للاصول""
Proposed translations
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Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Quality English-Arabic Translation/Proof
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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طبقا للاصول
القواعد المتعارف عليها في المجال
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+1
7 hrs
كما ينبغى
If you do something by the book, you do it exactly as you are supposed to.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/by the book.htm...
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/by the book.htm...
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Heather Shaw
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
The right direction in language services
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, English
طبقا للقواعد المنصوصة عليها
explicitly following the written rules or guidelines
11 hrs
كما يقول الكتاب
It is usually said like that!
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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-11-24 08:52:46 GMT)
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I think that sometimes, it is better when we provide a translation, with a similar way of metaphor or similie used in the ST , rather than flattening the meaning or giving directly what it was intended to say!.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-11-24 08:52:46 GMT)
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I think that sometimes, it is better when we provide a translation, with a similar way of metaphor or similie used in the ST , rather than flattening the meaning or giving directly what it was intended to say!.
13 hrs
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
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بنص الكتاب
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