لهم ثقلهم

English translation: they have their weight ...

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Arabic term or phrase:لهم ثقلهم
English translation:they have their weight ...
Entered by: Liliane Hatem

08:07 Jul 2, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: لهم ثقلهم
ن لكأس العالم لدى الشباب في الوطن العربي والعالم سحر خاص من نوعة حيث يؤثر تأثيرا كامل على حياتهم ومن عده نواحي فمنهم من تجده حزين جدا كون ان فريقة قد خسر المبارة اليوم او ان المنتخب الذي يحبه ويشجعه قد خسر المباراة او اللاعب الذي يعشقه اصيب في المبارة وبالعكس قد تجدة فرح وفخور بما قدمة المنتخب الذي يعشقه من اداء او نجمة المفضل قد سجل عدة اهادف في المبارة هاذا من الناحية النفسية وايضا من الناحية الاخرى حيث تعطل هذه البطولة الكثير من الشباب عن عملهم خاصة اذا ما كانت هناك مواجهة قوية بين منتخبين كبار ولهم ثقلهم في ملاعب كرة القدم وتاريخها .
fidaa2007
Egypt
Local time: 18:39
they have their weight ...
Explanation:
The Field day anthology of Irish writing: Irish women's writing ... - Google Books Result
Angela Bourke - 2002 - Irish literature - 3201 pages
... still they have their weight with Members of Parliament; and when the numbers swell to an aggregate of several hundred thousand, they exercise a potent ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0814799078...
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Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 18:39
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2heavyweight
Nesrin
5they have their weight ...
Liliane Hatem
5have weight /influence
Ahmed Badawy
4with a significant relevance
baligh
3of great significance for
Salwa Khalil


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
heavyweight


Explanation:
To keep with the "weight" theme. But I guess you could use something like "major, distinguished, celebrated, leading"...

Similar context:

THE KAISER is in his county house, counting up how many heavyweight football teams will come through the exotic fun of those early games to ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/.../Gazza-win-World-Cup---wreck-...

On a different note, why is the text so riddled with grammar mistakes???

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mohdysh: Exactly...They are called the heavyweights in practically every domain
2 hrs

agree  Linah Ababneh (X): glad somebody else noticed the grammar mistakes and run-off on sentence structure :)
9 hrs
  -> :-) One can only hope it's an excerpt from a chat forum, not a serious article!
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
they have their weight ...


Explanation:
The Field day anthology of Irish writing: Irish women's writing ... - Google Books Result
Angela Bourke - 2002 - Irish literature - 3201 pages
... still they have their weight with Members of Parliament; and when the numbers swell to an aggregate of several hundred thousand, they exercise a potent ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0814799078...

Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 18:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with a significant relevance


Explanation:
A less literal translation.



baligh
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in SpanishSpanish
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
have weight /influence


Explanation:
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Ahmed Badawy
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 19:39
Native speaker of: Arabic
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
of great significance for


Explanation:
another suggestion

Salwa Khalil
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