quotation marks

Persian (Farsi) translation: علامت نقل قول

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English term or phrase:quotation marks
Persian (Farsi) translation:علامت نقل قول
Entered by: Ebrahim Golavar

13:44 Nov 5, 2012
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / Punctuation
English term or phrase: quotation marks
Greetings,

Please, what do you call quotation marks?

My sentence: “In Biblical times they didn't have quotation marks, so sometimes it is a good idea to supply them in our minds as we read.”

Best wishes, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:03
علامت نقل قول
Explanation:
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Ebrahim Golavar
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4علامت نقل قول
Ebrahim Golavar
5 +3علامت نقل قول
Ehsan Alipour
5 +2علامت نقل قول و یا گیومه
Ramak Milani
5 +1علامت نقل قول
Reza Ebrahimi


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
علامت نقل قول


Explanation:
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Ebrahim Golavar
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks, excellent.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ehsan Karimi: In Farsi and many other languages «Guillemet» is used instead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet#Uses
2 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Younes Mostafaei
3 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Zeynab Tajik
19 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Fereidoon Keyvani
20 hrs
  -> thanks
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
علامت نقل قول


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 mins (2012-11-05 13:47:29 GMT)
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Also
نشان نقل قول

Ehsan Alipour
Local time: 22:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Younes Mostafaei
3 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  faezeh khosravi: thanks!
17 hrs
  -> Thanks yourself!

agree  Zeynab Tajik
19 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
علامت نقل قول


Explanation:


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Note added at 4 mins (2012-11-05 13:48:44 GMT)
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the plural is علائم/نشان های نقل قول

Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 13:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Younes Mostafaei
3 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
علامت نقل قول و یا گیومه


Explanation:
علامت نقل قول و یا گیومه


    Reference: http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87
Ramak Milani
United States
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hojat Borumandi
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Asal Jafari (X)
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Thank you Asal!!
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