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فلتنفخ الصور في افريقيا امم بالأمس قد انزلوها اسفل الرتب

English translation: Sound the trumpet in Africa, peoples thereof were yesterday taken down to the lowest

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Arabic term or phrase: فلتنفخ الصور في افريقيا امم بالأمس قد انزلوها اسفل الرتب
English translation:Sound the trumpet in Africa, peoples thereof were yesterday taken down to the lowest
Entered by: Nadia Ayoub

23:20 May 8, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / .
Arabic term or phrase: فلتنفخ الصور في افريقيا امم بالأمس قد انزلوها اسفل الرتب
a poetic line
tamerfofo (X)
Local time: 03:19
Sound the trumpet in Africa, peoples thereof were yesterday taken down to the lowest
Explanation:
و نفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الأجداث ينسلون من سورة ياسين لجأ الشاعر لهذا التعبير ليدل على صحوة شعوب أفريقيا
من الموت، و إتاحة الفرصة أمامهم لبدء حياة جديدة ، وفي التوراة نفس التعبير كما ترى في الموقع المشار إليه، لذلك فإستعمال التعبير المماثل الوارد في التوراة باللغة الانجليزية يثير في الأذهان نفس الصورة
SOUNDING OF, ILLUSTRATIVE OF: God's power to raise the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. from site below.
I chose "taken down" as alternative for degraded, to stress the opposition to "raise' from death, which is not stated, but implied by "sound the trumpet".

Take down: 1. To bring to a lower position from a higher one, degrade

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2008-05-10 13:59:27 GMT)
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : نفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الأجداث إلى ربهم ينسلون. صدق الله العظيم (تصحيح الآية
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 03:19
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3let the horn be blown in Africa the previously degraded/debased nations
Saleh Dardeer
5 +2Sound the trumpet in Africa, peoples thereof were yesterday taken down to the lowest
Nadia Ayoub
4 +1Images do revitalize nations in Africa that formerly have been degraded
Moodi
4Let pictures puff in Africa with many a nations yesterday that has been descended to degradation
Noha Mostafa


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Let pictures puff in Africa with many a nations yesterday that has been descended to degradation


Explanation:
I hope this will be helpful.

Noha Mostafa
Egypt
Local time: 03:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Maureen Millington-Brodie: this is utter nonsense and a good example of why a professional translator should only translate into their mother tongue. It's "disagreement could be expressed". Please don't take it personally, its in the interests of Proz to be as professional as poss
7 hrs
  -> Disagreement could be said in a more polite way!!!
agree  Sami Khamou: هذا شطر من قصيدة الشاعر العراقي الراحل بدر شاكر السياب. المعنى هنا في قلب الشاعر. وما علينا إلا أن نجتهد لسبر غور المعنى. وكلنا عيون لنرى اجتهاد الاستاذ برودي.
14 hrs
  -> شكرا يا سامى على ردك الكريم
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Images do revitalize nations in Africa that formerly have been degraded


Explanation:
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Moodi
Local time: 04:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sami Khamou: اجتهاد جيد
8 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
let the horn be blown in Africa the previously degraded/debased nations


Explanation:
This is my attempt in the light of the absence of more context

HTH

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-05-08 23:53:52 GMT)
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Oops, I forgot comma after "Africa"

Another option

let the horn be blown in Africa, the continent previously degraded/debased nations

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-05-09 12:03:00 GMT)
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let the horn be blown in Africa, the continent of previously degraded/debased nations

Saleh Dardeer
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 74

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghada Samir
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ghada!
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
21 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Mohsin!
agree  abdurrahman
1 day 13 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Abdurrahman!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Sound the trumpet in Africa, peoples thereof were yesterday taken down to the lowest


Explanation:
و نفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الأجداث ينسلون من سورة ياسين لجأ الشاعر لهذا التعبير ليدل على صحوة شعوب أفريقيا
من الموت، و إتاحة الفرصة أمامهم لبدء حياة جديدة ، وفي التوراة نفس التعبير كما ترى في الموقع المشار إليه، لذلك فإستعمال التعبير المماثل الوارد في التوراة باللغة الانجليزية يثير في الأذهان نفس الصورة
SOUNDING OF, ILLUSTRATIVE OF: God's power to raise the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. from site below.
I chose "taken down" as alternative for degraded, to stress the opposition to "raise' from death, which is not stated, but implied by "sound the trumpet".

Take down: 1. To bring to a lower position from a higher one, degrade

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2008-05-10 13:59:27 GMT)
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم : نفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الأجداث إلى ربهم ينسلون. صدق الله العظيم (تصحيح الآية


    Reference: http://www.bible-topics.com/Trumpet.html
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 03:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 119

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sami Khamou: شطر من قصيدة "بورسعيد" للشاعر العراقي الراحل بدر شاكر السياب. اجتهاد ممتاز
8 hrs
  -> أشكرك يا أخي
neutral  Ahmad Abdul-hafeeZ: "و نفخ في الصور فإذا هم من الاجداث إلى ربهم ينسلون"
8 hrs
  -> You're right of course. I apologize.
agree  abdurrahman
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you Abdurrahman.
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