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It (you telling me about the scale) would have saved all of us.

Arabic translation: la anqadhana jamee'an

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English term or phrase:it would have saved all of us
Arabic translation:la anqadhana jamee'an
Entered by: Randa Farhat

01:38 Aug 26, 2004
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
English term or phrase: It (you telling me about the scale) would have saved all of us.
The second sentence. Sorry for the repetition. I am posting this again because somebody supressed my question because it was more than 10 words long, so I have to break it into two. I wasn't able to see all the responses due to the supression.
Thanks for your patience. Here is the explanation again:

I am working on a play in which one of the characters has to say this in Arabic. Neither the writer nor any of the actors speak the language. Please help me by giving me a transliteration of the phrase, so I know how to pronounce it.
The scale is something you would find in a science lab.
Thank you!
Ana-Catrina Buchser (X)
United States
Local time: 06:34
la anqadhana jamee'an
Explanation:
la anqadhana jamee'am
لأنقذنا جميعاً

the full sentence:
if you have told me about the scale it would have saved us all:
"Lau annaka akhbartani 'an al-mizan la anqadhana jamee'an"
لو أنك أخبرتني عن الميزان لأنقذنا جميعاً

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Note added at 4 hrs 28 mins (2004-08-26 06:07:10 GMT)
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typo:

la anqadhana jamee\'an
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Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 16:34
Grading comment
Same as with the previous selection, thank you for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2la anqadhana jamee'an
Randa Farhat
5Kan ha yenkezna kolenna
umsarah
4منَ المُمكن أن تنقذنا جميعاً
Arabicstart


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it (you telling me about the scale) would have saved all of us.
منَ المُمكن أن تنقذنا جميعاً


Explanation:
mena almomken an tenkethena jamee~an
good luck

Arabicstart
Local time: 09:34
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Iraq (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thank you
disagree  Nesrin: This literally means: "This could save all of us", not "would have saved". //[To your response] Oh dear, zarka, hypersensitive as usual, instead of taking your time to understand what I wrote. Your Arabic suggestion implies that they can still be saved.
17 hrs
  -> did you happend to read the question??? It would " have" saved all of us.Just dont seek out my answers to disagree with me and I wont get hypersensitive : )
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
it (you telling me about the scale) would have saved all of us.
Kan ha yenkezna kolenna


Explanation:
Kan ha yenkezna kolenna, or if you chose to use the High variety (formal Arabic), it could be "Kana men Almomken an yonkezana gamee?an

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Note added at 3 hrs 59 mins (2004-08-26 05:37:48 GMT)
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You can also use \"kona itrahamna kolenna\", it is more idiomatic, and it means, \" we would have all been spared (the suffering).

umsarah
Local time: 15:34
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Native speaker of: Arabic
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it would have saved all of us
la anqadhana jamee'an


Explanation:
la anqadhana jamee'am
لأنقذنا جميعاً

the full sentence:
if you have told me about the scale it would have saved us all:
"Lau annaka akhbartani 'an al-mizan la anqadhana jamee'an"
لو أنك أخبرتني عن الميزان لأنقذنا جميعاً

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Note added at 4 hrs 28 mins (2004-08-26 06:07:10 GMT)
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typo:

la anqadhana jamee\'an

Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Same as with the previous selection, thank you for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ali Khaireddine
10 hrs
agree  Nesrin
14 hrs
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