Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
الأرقام القياسية
English translation:
to set a record
Added to glossary by
Hani Hassaan
May 20, 2007 07:30
17 yrs ago
Arabic term
الأرقام القياسية
Arabic to English
Bus/Financial
Law: Contract(s)
costruction contracts
when the establishment acheives contracts worth of higher amount like One billion dollar etc. it is said in Arabic that تحطم الشركة أرقامها القياسية
Proposed translations
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| 5 | to set a record |
Hani Hassaan
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| 5 +3 | records |
Nesrin
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Change log
May 20, 2007 08:16: Hani Hassaan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Hani Hassaan
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Quality communicates you with Arab world
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi , Egyptian, Syrian, UAE, Jordanian, Kuwaiti) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, German to Arabic
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to set a record
to set a record
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-05-20 07:52:13 GMT)
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my dear asker, you can use Verb: Beat a record.
example:
- the company beats record in field of Earning capacity.
- تسجل الشركة رقماً قياسياً في مجال القدرة على تحقيق الربح.
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-05-20 07:52:13 GMT)
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my dear asker, you can use Verb: Beat a record.
example:
- the company beats record in field of Earning capacity.
- تسجل الشركة رقماً قياسياً في مجال القدرة على تحقيق الربح.
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Comment: "agree"
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records
تحطم الشركة أرقامها القياسية = The company has broken its own records
e.g.
the standard of tap water in England and Wales has broken its own records for quality. ...
www.gnn.gov.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.asp?MediaDetailsI...
With the exception of 1963, it has broken its own records for the past eight years. Last week Magnavox President Frank Freimann announced that 1966 sales ...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843338,00.html?pr...
e.g.
the standard of tap water in England and Wales has broken its own records for quality. ...
www.gnn.gov.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.asp?MediaDetailsI...
With the exception of 1963, it has broken its own records for the past eight years. Last week Magnavox President Frank Freimann announced that 1966 sales ...
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843338,00.html?pr...
Note from asker:
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Peer comment(s):
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Lamis Maalouf
: You are right Nesrin, there is a difference between setting the record and beating it. You can hear those two terms in any sport activity. So we hear that a swimmer for example set a new record of X seconds for 100 m, beating his own record of Y sec.
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Randa Farhat
: that's right! beat the record!
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Abdallah Ali
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