ما أزال

English translation: until today, until now

21:15 May 15, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: ما أزال
How would you translate ما أزال in the following sentence from an Arabic short story?

وهل كتب لاعب محترف هزمتُه ونسيتُه تقريرا ملفقا عن نشاطي في السابق أو مشاركتي في أحداث شغب خطيرة مضادة لتوحيد العالم في تواريخ بعينها برغم وجودي وبشكل مؤكد في نفس مقر عملي بمبنى مجمع التحرير ما أزال?
MKU
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:36
English translation:until today, until now
Explanation:
Of course, there are other ways to render the phrase, depending on how you construct the sentence.

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Note added at 8 mins (2020-05-15 21:23:38 GMT)
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For example, if you translate the last clause in the following manner:

". . . although I was at that time most certainly at my very workplace in the Tahrir Complex. . ."

. . . it would be possible to insert the phrase "and I still am" either at the end of the clause or after the phrase "at that time."

You have a lot of leeway, depending your creativity with the whole sentence.
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Fuad Yahya
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5 +2until today, until now
Fuad Yahya
5 +2I'm still there
Ramadan Ibrahim
5Currently
Afef Kadi


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
until today, until now


Explanation:
Of course, there are other ways to render the phrase, depending on how you construct the sentence.

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Note added at 8 mins (2020-05-15 21:23:38 GMT)
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For example, if you translate the last clause in the following manner:

". . . although I was at that time most certainly at my very workplace in the Tahrir Complex. . ."

. . . it would be possible to insert the phrase "and I still am" either at the end of the clause or after the phrase "at that time."

You have a lot of leeway, depending your creativity with the whole sentence.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 114
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agree  Saleh Dardeer
1 hr

agree  adel almergawy
2 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I'm still there


Explanation:
I guess It means "he is still working there "
Still: continuing to happen or continuing to be done


Example sentence(s):
  • I'm still here because you're paying me to be.

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/still
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Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 18:36
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  adel almergawy
40 mins
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agree  Asmaa Hussein
8 days
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24 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Currently


Explanation:
We can also say "He is currently working there".

Afef Kadi
Tunisia
Local time: 15:36
Native speaker of: Arabic
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