Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
خُلبية
English translation:
Fake, imaginary, or inexistent
Added to glossary by
M Ali Hassan
Jul 25, 2020 14:23
3 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Egypt
خُلبية
Arabic to English
Law/Patents
Business/Commerce (general)
"ليتبين لاحقًا إن تلك المليارات صُرفت على عقود خُلبية"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | Fake, imaginary, or inexistent |
Youssef Chabat
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| 4 +1 | bogus/phantom/fictitious "contracts" |
TargamaT team
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| 4 | blank / void |
adel almergawy
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Change log
Jul 25, 2020 23:51: Murad AWAD changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (write-in)" from "Media" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
56 mins
Youssef Chabat
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Morocco
A wordsmith at your disposal
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: French to Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
Fake, imaginary, or inexistent
It has been revealed later/afterwords that those billions were spent on (Fake, imaginary, or inexistent ) contracts. It means just to justify the spending of budgets, with proofs that do not exist in reality.
Note from asker:
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
8 mins
TargamaT team
France
France
Native in Arabic
Works in field
France
Arabic professional content & beyond...
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA)) , French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, German to Arabic, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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36
bogus/phantom/fictitious "contracts"
bogus/phantom/fictitious contracts
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Fuad Yahya
: "Bogus contracts" will do. "Phantom contract" is not used in law, and "fictitious contract" has a different meaning. A brief etymology of خُلَب is called for.
10 hrs
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شكرًا جزيلًا للإشارة مع أني وجدت التعبيرين الآخرين في المراجع ولكن يبدو أنها من مترجمين ليسوا على اطلاع على الثقافة الإنكليزية
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21 hrs
adel almergawy
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
legal translator
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Saudi )
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
blank / void
blank / void
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