Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

محطات العمر

English translation:

milestones in life

Added to glossary by Hossam Ahmed
Mar 31, 2006 02:26
18 yrs ago
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Arabic term

محطات العمر

Arabic to English Other Mechanics / Mech Engineering ŭ̇ȭɠʵкߑ
وبعدين جت محطات العمر المتناثرة والمتباعدة
Please don't pay attention to the structure of the sentence. This is spoken Arabic transcripted.
I would appreciate if someone can help me translate the whole sentence in a literary form. Thank you

Discussion

Sami Khamou Mar 31, 2006:
Thank you for your response. If the context is mechanics/mechanic engineering then the term محطات العمر has nothing to do with philosophy. It might be a reference to sorts of actual "Service Stations". Only guessing!!
sithanem (asker) Mar 31, 2006:
context Thank you Sami, unfortunately I can't because like I said this is a transcript of spoken Arabic and they kind of jump from one subject to another. This is all I have.
Sami Khamou Mar 31, 2006:
Would you kindly provide more context to determine if the term محطات العمر is used in a positive or negative sense. Also, please confirm if this term is related to mechanics/mechanical engineering.

Proposed translations

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milestones in life

and here the milestones in life came scattered, and distant
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landmarks/turning points of life

"(...)turning points of life came in(...)"

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"And then the divergent, isolated turning points of life came in"
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stages of life

In Arabic when we speak about محطات العمر in fact we are speaking about the Life stages.
I can put the text in the following form.

" Then came the dispersed and divergent stages of life"

see this example

كيركيغلااد ـ سورين أوبي (1813 - 1855): فيلسوف ومفكر ديني دانمركي. يعتبر مؤسس الفلسفة الوجودية. من أشهر آثاره: <شذرات فلسفية> Philosophical Fragments (عام 1844), و<محطات على طريق الحياة> Stages on Life's Way (عام 1845).

http://www.uaetoon.net/vb/showthread.php?t=23613


Peer comment(s):

agree Zeinab Asfour
7 hrs
Thanks Zeinab
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11 hrs

life's bumps

just like that

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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-03-31 13:58:18 GMT)
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http://www.fhtimes.com/times/2000archives/7-5-00/mike.htm
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