Sep 3, 2021 10:51
2 yrs ago
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Arabic term
وقع
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Palestinian text. I know وقع can mean to fall or to happen, but wasn't sure how to translate it in this context.
حين وقعتْ مجزرة "الرصاص المصبوب" على الأبدان المفزوعة في غزة ...
When the massacre befell the terrified bodies in Gaza?
Many thanks.
I'm working on a Palestinian text. I know وقع can mean to fall or to happen, but wasn't sure how to translate it in this context.
حين وقعتْ مجزرة "الرصاص المصبوب" على الأبدان المفزوعة في غزة ...
When the massacre befell the terrified bodies in Gaza?
Many thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | was committed / perpetrated against |
Abd Alrahman Almidani
|
| 5 | took place |
Lamine Boukabour
|
| 4 | Took place/ befell |
Yassine El Bouknify
|
Proposed translations
10 mins
Abd Alrahman Almidani
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Sworn translator, MA in translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi, UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Palestinian, Sudanese, Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudi ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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145
Selected
was committed / perpetrated against
I don't think "happen or take place" are wrong, but they omit a significant point; there was a doer who perpetrated it. Therefore, I would use something else to fit the meaning. I would use "was committed or perpetrated against"...
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
3 mins
Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Algeria
Native in Arabic
Algeria
Every Word Matters
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Algerian)
Works in: English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
94
took place
took place
3 mins
Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya) , Berber (Other) (Variants: Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 21 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
185
Took place/ befell
Took place
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