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عيب في طول اللفة

English translation: Roll Length Deficiency

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Arabic term or phrase: عيب في طول اللفة
English translation:Roll Length Deficiency
Entered by: mary talaat

11:48 Mar 15, 2007
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Arabic term or phrase: عيب في طول اللفة
أنا أشتكى من أنه تم توريد لفة طولها أقل من الطول المطلوب فهل أقول
Defective length - this translation is right?
mary talaat
Roll Length Deficiency
Explanation:
The length in this case is deficient, not defective.
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Fuad Yahya
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thanks a lot for your kind cooperation.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Roll length defect
Sami Khamou
4 +1length shortage
AhmedAMS
5Roll Length Deficiency
Fuad Yahya
5reel/spool length deficiency
zax
5too short, wrong length,
Alaa Zeineldine
4non-conformity of the roll's length
the Train


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
length shortage


Explanation:
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AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 08:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Ghazal
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Roll length defect


Explanation:
Roll length defect
or
Defect in the length of the roll


Sami Khamou
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tasnim TRABELSI KÖSELİ: I think that mentioning the word 'defect' is better as it is a subject of complaint.
17 mins
  -> Thank you Tkoseli
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
1 hr
  -> Thank you Noha
agree  Abdallah Ali
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Abdallah
agree  haneen shouman: I believe that this is the best translation, it explains the meaning without changing the level of emphasis in the original phrase
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Haneen
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Roll Length Deficiency


Explanation:
The length in this case is deficient, not defective.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
reel/spool length deficiency


Explanation:
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zax
Local time: 00:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-conformity of the roll's length


Explanation:
I might suggest that one can not really say 'defective length', it might be that the length is not as required, i.e., does not conform, etc.
Thanks.

the Train
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
too short, wrong length,


Explanation:
You could say: "the reel you sent was too short", "you sent a reel with the wrong length", "reel length was shorter than expected", ".. shorter than specified", etc.

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 06:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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