فرض الأمر الواقع

English translation: imposition of / imposing a de facto situation

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Arabic term or phrase:فرض الأمر الواقع
English translation:imposition of / imposing a de facto situation
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir

07:08 Jul 15, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Arabic term or phrase: فرض الأمر الواقع
- ومن أساليبهم أيضاً: العمل والتوظيف غير المنضبط: إما باختلاط بتوظيف الرجال والنساء سواسية، أو بتوظيف المرأة في غير مجالها، ويكون هذا على طريقة التدرج: بطيء ولكنه أكيد المفعول . وعلى طريقة فرض الأمر الواقع.
Mohamed A. Moustafa
United States
imposition of a de facto situation
Explanation:
he Israeli adherence to building more settlements reflects a crystal clear fact: that it is buying time to usurp more Palestinian land in order to impose a de facto situation on the ground and shatter all possibilities for a Palestinian state.

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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/954/pr2.htm
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Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 12:50
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4impose/place before an accomplished fact
Nadia Ayoub
5 +2imposition of a de facto situation
Abdelmonem Samir
5 +1imposing the status quo
Noha Kamal, PhD.
4 +1imposing the accomplished fact / imposing fait accompli
Muhammad Atallah


  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
imposing the status quo


Explanation:
http://ara.proz.com/kudoz/arabic_to_english/government_polit...

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Note added at 12 mins (2009-07-15 07:21:02 GMT)
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http://www.sis.gov.eg/VR/october/english/7.htm

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 12:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 71
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thank.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nevine ibrahim
1 day 6 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
imposition of a de facto situation


Explanation:
he Israeli adherence to building more settlements reflects a crystal clear fact: that it is buying time to usurp more Palestinian land in order to impose a de facto situation on the ground and shatter all possibilities for a Palestinian state.

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-07-15 07:23:46 GMT)
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/954/pr2.htm

Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 12:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zax: "a de facto situation" is already imposed.
1 day 2 hrs

agree  nevine ibrahim: de facto has a better meaning than a staus quo as it denotes a fact whether by right or wrong. So it is more emphatic in this context
1 day 6 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
impose/place before an accomplished fact


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 12:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 99
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thank.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muhammad Atallah
11 mins
  -> Many thanks Muhammad :)

agree  Yasser Moharram: imposing an accomplished fact
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks Yasser :)

agree  Alexander Yeltsov
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks Alexander :)

agree  Mohamed Kamel
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks Mohamed :)
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
imposing the accomplished fact / imposing fait accompli


Explanation:
imposing the accomplished fact OR imposing fait accompli

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http://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=ar&q="imposing fait accom...


Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasser Moharram
2 hrs
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