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مآخذ

English translation: issues, areas of concerns

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Arabic term or phrase:مآخذ
English translation:issues, areas of concerns
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

15:58 Jun 18, 2003
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Arabic term or phrase: مآخذ
please help translating the Arabic word into English.
هذا الشخص عليه مآخذ.
alerwy
issues, areas of concerns
Explanation:
I like most of the suggestions of my colleages above, and have used these same expressions myself on many occasions. I just want to add a couple of slighltly different suggestion with a slightly less critical tone.

The sentence هذا الشخص عليه مآخذ is somewhat attenuated in its critical tone, with a sense of "we are all human, aren't we?"

If one wants to sound gentle, not too harsh, there are various possible wordings. Here are a couple of suggestions:

"There are some issues with this person."

"With respect to this person, there are some areas of concern."

The main difference is the tone of the critique.
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Fuad Yahya
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3faults, blame, guilt
Alaa Zeineldine
5 +1issues, areas of concerns
Fuad Yahya
4 +1shortcomings or sources
Kirk Jackson
5criticism
hamuksha (X)
5WEAKNESSES
ALI HASAN
4faults, bad points
Ahmad Sa'adah


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
faults, blame, guilt


Explanation:
You can look up "blame" in a thesaurus and choose the closest term to your context.

Depending on your sentence, the longer expression "... held against him" may fit within your phrase.

Alaa

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarsam: blame
6 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
78 days
agree  Avni: Faults
1322 days
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shortcomings or sources


Explanation:
I would really need to see context, but it could mean this person has shortcomings/problems or that the person has sources, perhaps connections. Good luck.


    Hans Wehr
Kirk Jackson
Local time: 03:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sami Khamou
1 min
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
criticism


Explanation:
criticisms (pl.)
shortcomings: عيوب
guilts: آثام
faults: أخطاء
criticism: written or spoken remarks that express disapproval or resentment of something.

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Note added at 2003-06-18 16:23:53 (GMT)
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this person recieves criticisms.
there are critcisms on this person.


    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hamuksha (X)
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faults, bad points


Explanation:
this person has faults.
faults here means: " imperfection, or bad points in someone". This term is usually used to describe the shortcoming points in the character of a person.

Ahmad Sa'adah
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
WEAKNESSES


Explanation:

IT WOULD BE RATHER DIFFICULT TO GIVE THE ACCURATE ARABIC TRANSLATION WITHOUT
HAVING THE TERM IN A TEXT. I WOULD SUGGEST WEAKNESSES.


    ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY - ATLAS 3400 SPECIAL VERSION
ALI HASAN
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
issues, areas of concerns


Explanation:
I like most of the suggestions of my colleages above, and have used these same expressions myself on many occasions. I just want to add a couple of slighltly different suggestion with a slightly less critical tone.

The sentence هذا الشخص عليه مآخذ is somewhat attenuated in its critical tone, with a sense of "we are all human, aren't we?"

If one wants to sound gentle, not too harsh, there are various possible wordings. Here are a couple of suggestions:

"There are some issues with this person."

"With respect to this person, there are some areas of concern."

The main difference is the tone of the critique.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AhmedAMS
78 days
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