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Arabic term or phrase:
التعويض
English translation:
even or settle the score/revenge for his defeat
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Ramadan Ibrahim
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Arabic term
التعويض
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How would you translate the word التعويض in the following passage from a short story about chess where the narrator plays chess against opponents in a cafe and always wants to replay opponents who beat him in the game?
وكان الأمر يصل أحيانا إلى مشاحنات بأصوات مرتفعة ومجادلات حول حقي في التعويض بعد الخسارة أو حق الآخر في الاكتفاء والانصراف لشأنه بحسب ظروفه
وكان الأمر يصل أحيانا إلى مشاحنات بأصوات مرتفعة ومجادلات حول حقي في التعويض بعد الخسارة أو حق الآخر في الاكتفاء والانصراف لشأنه بحسب ظروفه
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even or settle the score/revenge for his defeat
الثأر لهزيمته
2 the defeat of someone who has previously defeated you in a sport revenge for
2 the defeat of someone who has previously defeated you in a sport revenge for
Example sentence:
The Australians took revenge for their defeat here last time.
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make up for/redress compensate for
He made up for the lost time يعوض عن الوقت
Example sentence:
compensate for
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Ludina Sallam
: "Make up for the game." However, I have a source who is a master chess player who says this expression is not used. He thinks the original made be a translation from another language. و ألله أعلم
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compensation
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to retaliate or to take revenge
It's human nature. We normally don't like to be defeated, and we seek revenge from those who hurt us even though we're not in the battlefield. Therefore, I think it's appropriate to translate it into "to retaliate or to take revenge" because our intention of repeating playing a game is to win and make up for our loses.
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