Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
قدّ الحال
English translation:
we are people of modest means \ we could hardly make a living
Added to glossary by
Abdelmonem Samir
Aug 2, 2009 08:30
14 yrs ago
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Arabic term
قدّ الحال
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
translation colloquial language
دخل الأب صليبا و اجلسته أمي في صدر الدار فوق أحد المراتب، قال:
بقول لجريس يا ولد ياجريس لا تتعلم البخل من أمك.
ردت أمي:
إحنا ناس على قدّ الحال لو ما دبرنا بنموت من الجوع.
بقول لجريس يا ولد ياجريس لا تتعلم البخل من أمك.
ردت أمي:
إحنا ناس على قدّ الحال لو ما دبرنا بنموت من الجوع.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | we are people of modest means we could hardly make a living |
Abdelmonem Samir
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| 5 | near poor poor |
samah A. fattah
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| 5 | We are poor people |
Mohammad Gornas
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Change log
Aug 16, 2009 07:14: Abdelmonem Samir Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Abdelmonem Samir
Native in Arabic
your Arabic language partner
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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we are people of modest means we could hardly make a living
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samah A. fattah
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Beyond the language barrier
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
near poor poor
not poor and not rich
7 hrs
Mohammad Gornas
Sudan
Sudan
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Sudan
Translation is a responsibily
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
We are poor people
These people are simply poor
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