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احتباس حراري

English translation: Greenhouse effect (احتباس حراري), global warming (ارتفاع درجة حرارة الأرض وهو من نتائج الاحتباس)

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Arabic term or phrase:احتباس حراري
English translation:Greenhouse effect (احتباس حراري), global warming (ارتفاع درجة حرارة الأرض وهو من نتائج الاحتباس)
Entered by: Khemais Chaieb

12:31 Oct 6, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / Global warming
Arabic term or phrase: احتباس حراري
الزملاء الأعزاء،

هل هناك فرق بين ترجمة ظاهرة الاحتباس الحراري والتسخين الحراري إلى الانجليزية؟
Global warming
Nisreen Barakat
Palestine
Local time: 14:58
Greenhouse effect (احتباس حراري), global warming (ارتفاع درجة حرارة الأرض وهو من نتائج الاحتباس)
Explanation:
والله أعلم
Selected response from:

Khemais Chaieb
Local time: 12:58
Grading comment
Many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +18Greenhouse effect (احتباس حراري), global warming (ارتفاع درجة حرارة الأرض وهو من نتائج الاحتباس)
Khemais Chaieb
5 +3its Global warming, pretty sure
Assem Mazloum
5 +3greenhouse effect
Nesrin


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
its Global warming, pretty sure


Explanation:
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Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fayez Roumieh
2 hrs
  -> thank you dear Fayez Roumieh
agree  Samah El Mahdy
3 hrs
  -> thank you dear Samah El Mhady
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
10 hrs
  -> thank you dear Noha
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +18
Greenhouse effect (احتباس حراري), global warming (ارتفاع درجة حرارة الأرض وهو من نتائج الاحتباس)


Explanation:
والله أعلم

Khemais Chaieb
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: I was 2 minutes too late! You could say الاحترار العالمي for global warming
2 mins
  -> شكرا جزيلا نسرين
agree  John Colangelo: Greenhouse Effect is the translation for الاحتباس الحراري
8 mins
  -> Thank you John
agree  sktrans
13 mins
  -> Thank you sktrans
agree  zkt
19 mins
  -> Thank you zkt
agree  Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
1 hr
  -> Thank you Hebat
agree  Fayez Roumieh
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Fayez
agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Deborah
agree  Samah El Mahdy
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Samah
agree  Nadia Ayoub
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Nadia
agree  Neamaat Shehatah
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Hervana
agree  Maureen Millington-Brodie
5 hrs
  -> Thank you mbrodie
agree  Mohamed Salaheldin
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Hany
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Noha
agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: Could it also be "heat trapping?".. but this is good!
14 hrs
  -> Thank you Zareh
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
18 hrs
  -> Thank you Mohsin
agree  Khalid Nasir
22 hrs
  -> Thank you Khalid
agree  Sajjad Hamadani
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you a1interpreter
agree  zax
3 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you zax
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
greenhouse effect


Explanation:
الاحتباس الحراري refers specifically to the greenhouse effect, where the heat gets trapped (يحتبس) within the atmosphere, as in a greenhouse.


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Note added at 13 mins (2008-10-06 12:45:27 GMT)
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You could say الاحترار العالمي for global warming

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fayez Roumieh
2 hrs
agree  Mohamed Salaheldin
6 hrs
agree  Khalid Nasir: لا ادري ولكن أحتر(فعل عامي الاشتقاق والبناء) وهو الفعل الرباعي للمصدر -احترار - ليس فصيحاً ويفضل تجنبه على ما اعتقد واشعر به ونحن نقول في العامية احتريت ويقابلها في الفصحي شعرت بالحر ولكن اذا تم تبنيه من مراجع علمية وأكاديمية فلا أرى ضيرا في استخدامه
21 hrs
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