لاحياء الفعاليات

English translation: to commemorate the activities

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Arabic term or phrase:لاحياء الفعاليات
English translation:to commemorate the activities
Entered by: meo2009 (X)

16:35 Nov 15, 2007
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: لاحياء الفعاليات
How do you translate it in English, please?

اقامة حفلات لاحياء الفعاليات الشعبية والاهلية
meo2009 (X)
Local time: 23:45
to commemorate the popular Activities
Explanation:
commemorate the popular

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to commemorate the popular and civil Activities


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Note added at 28 mins (2007-11-15 17:03:30 GMT)
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To setout parties to commemorate the popular and civil Activities

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عزيزي سلام
راجع قاموس المورد عربي-إنجليزي للدكتور روحي البعلبكي
طبعة يناير 1987
صفحة 46 عمود أيسر
شكرا لك
سيد

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you can also use to celebirate as another term
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Sayed Moustafa talawy
Local time: 00:45
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2to commemorate the popular Activities
Sayed Moustafa talawy
4 +2activate the events
Mohamed Salaheldin
5to observe the popular events
Hasan Abu Khalil
5revive the activities
Kamal Eltayeb
5Revitalize/Enliven
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
5to boost civil and people's activities
Assem Mazloum
5Activities launching / to Launch Activities /
Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
4hosting ceremonies to revive and restore public and popular activists in....
Zouhair Mehdi
4to resurrect/revive the popular and civil authorities
Souheir Carty
3reviving social events
Amira El-Wattar


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
activate the events


Explanation:
to effectuate such popular events

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mouad Khateb: صحيح .. الاحياء هنا بقصد التفعيل، وليس "الاحتفال بٍ"
48 mins
  -> Right, thanx a lot

agree  Samya Salem (X)
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Nure
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to observe the popular events


Explanation:


Hasan Abu Khalil
Palestine
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to commemorate the popular Activities


Explanation:
commemorate the popular

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-11-15 16:39:59 GMT)
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to commemorate the popular and civil Activities


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Note added at 28 mins (2007-11-15 17:03:30 GMT)
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To setout parties to commemorate the popular and civil Activities

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-15 18:47:06 GMT)
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عزيزي سلام
راجع قاموس المورد عربي-إنجليزي للدكتور روحي البعلبكي
طبعة يناير 1987
صفحة 46 عمود أيسر
شكرا لك
سيد

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-11-15 19:47:21 GMT)
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you can also use to celebirate as another term

Sayed Moustafa talawy
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Salam Alrawi: والله يا سيد جوابك حيّرني, لكن هل كلمة (commemorate) تعني احياء اي تفعيل ام تحية ام ماذا بالضبط؟
1 hr
  ->  والفعاليات هنا بمعني أنشطة ( فعاليات) ولذلك فهي فعلا ياسلام إحياء/ يحي

agree  Alaa Yaghi
4 hrs
  -> Thanks alot

agree  Mohsin Alabdali
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks Alot
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
revive the activities


Explanation:
activities = البعلبكي ترجم فعاليات

Kamal Eltayeb
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Revitalize/Enliven


Explanation:
This could be for rejuvenating or simply bringing life to public or community activities


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Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Arabic
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to boost civil and people's activities


Explanation:
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boost is the best way to express the wanted term, of course, that's my opinion...

Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Arabic
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Activities launching / to Launch Activities /


Explanation:
to Launch (memorial) Activities


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Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
Syria
Local time: 01:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hosting ceremonies to revive and restore public and popular activists in....


Explanation:
this expresion seems to be very cultural specific to Arabic language in terms of the combination of words that make the sentence quite ambigiousin the source form. believing that a translation in general should be lingiustically more accurate in the target texts, the english translation of this expression should a free translation so that it could convey the meaning of the source.

Zouhair Mehdi
Local time: 23:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to resurrect/revive the popular and civil authorities


Explanation:
the term that this sentence hinges on is "authorities or powers" meaning those who have influence

Souheir Carty
United States
Local time: 18:45
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
reviving social events


Explanation:
reviving I am sure of but social events could be changed ....

Amira El-Wattar
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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