نجد مكانا ًتحت شمس هذا العصر ولكي

English translation: To find a palce under today's sun

15:38 Nov 11, 2006
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: نجد مكانا ًتحت شمس هذا العصر ولكي
نحن نعيش عصراً تتحدد فيه أهمية الأمم بقدر ما تنجزه في مجال العلوم وتطبيقاتها التقنية, ولكي نجد مكانا ًتحت شمس هذا العصر لابد أن تتوجه خطوتنا الأولى - بجدية وتخطيط علمي - نحو ترجمة العلوم.
Djidji74
Local time: 01:36
English translation:To find a palce under today's sun
Explanation:
To find a place under the sun of our time!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=to find a place und...
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Zeinab Asfour
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Local time: 04:36
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6To find a palce under today's sun
Zeinab Asfour
4To get a place under the sun in this age
Chowdhury
4Finding a place in this day and age under the sun.
Sam Shalalo
4in order to occupy a place/position in world of today
Ahmad Batiran
4in order for us to fit in such age,
Mayssa Allaf
3in order for us to find a place in this age's sun
Maureen Millington-Brodie


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
To find a palce under today's sun


Explanation:
To find a place under the sun of our time!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=to find a place und...

Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ehab Tantawy: To find a place under the sun of our time!
9 mins
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Ehab :o)

agree  Eliana Bunn: AGRE , TO FIND US A PLACE UNDER THE SUN OF OUR TIME
12 mins
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Eliana :o)

agree  Mohamed Gaafar
55 mins
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Mohamed :o)

agree  Alexander Yeltsov: To find a place under the sun in our days
4 hrs
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Alexander :o)

agree  Alaa Zeineldine
14 hrs
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Alaa :o)

agree  zax
21 hrs
  -> ThaAaAaAanks a lot Zax :o)
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
To get a place under the sun in this age


Explanation:
To get a place under the sun in this age

Chowdhury
Bangladesh
Local time: 07:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
in order for us to find a place in this age's sun


Explanation:
the idiom in English is "a place in the sun"

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Zeinab Asfour: It's under the sun, dear...!
9 mins

neutral  Ahmad Batiran: www.m-w.com > sun > 2 : the heat or light radiated from the sun BUT for "in the sun" look at end of the same entry please, - under the sun : in the world : on earth
14 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Finding a place in this day and age under the sun.


Explanation:
A more poetic like response.

Sam Shalalo
Australia
Local time: 12:36
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ولكي نجد مكانا ًتحت شمسِ هذا العصر
in order to occupy a place/position in world of today


Explanation:
just another suggestion

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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-11-12 13:19:08 GMT)
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in order to occupy a place/position in THE world of today


Example sentence(s):
  • - under the sun : in the world : on earth

    Reference: http://www.webster.com/dictionary/sun
Ahmad Batiran
Yemen
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 days 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in order for us to fit in such age,


Explanation:
doesnt have to be literal.

Mayssa Allaf
Local time: 01:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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