Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
تنوء تحت
English translation:
face overwhelming fire
Added to glossary by
Maha Ramadan
May 20, 2016 05:00
7 yrs ago
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Arabic term
United States
ATA-Certified English/Arabic Translator
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 2 more.
تنوء تحت
Arabic to English
Other
Government / Politics
إنها أيضاً حكاية دمشق، المدينة التي بقي مركزها تحت سيطرة أمنية رهيبة للنظام فيما أطرافها تنوء تحت القصف والحصار.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | face overwhelming fire |
Dareth Pray
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| 4 +1 | Is under |
Oz Hamdoun (X)
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| 4 +1 | are enduring |
Liliane Hatem
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Proposed translations
10 mins
Dareth Pray
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
High Level Legal Translation
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
Selected
face overwhelming fire
We need to add in the following term to arrive at a translation for the full phrase: تنوء تحت القصف
Looking ahead to the end of the sentence, I wanted to make sure that the two phrases work together "face overwhelming fire and are under siege."
Looking ahead to the end of the sentence, I wanted to make sure that the two phrases work together "face overwhelming fire and are under siege."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks :)"
+1
1 hr
Oz Hamdoun (X)
United States
Native in Arabic
&
English
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
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35
Is under
Suffers under
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Randa Farhat
: ...while its besieged outskirts come under fire. / ...while its outskirts continue to fall under siege and fire.
14 hrs
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Thanks Farhat ^^
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+1
7 hrs
Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
Lebanon
Fast and reliable
Native in: English 
, Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
114
are enduring
The Death of a City - Elegy for Sarajevo - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/.../death-city-elegy-for-sarajevo-special-r...
The New York Times
Jun 8, 1992 - They endure the gunfire of Serbian nationalists who believe that the ... By lifting the siege, the Serbs would effectively acknowledge that they have lost ... From a vantage point in the old town, fires blazed at every point of the ...
www.nytimes.com/.../death-city-elegy-for-sarajevo-special-r...
The New York Times
Jun 8, 1992 - They endure the gunfire of Serbian nationalists who believe that the ... By lifting the siege, the Serbs would effectively acknowledge that they have lost ... From a vantage point in the old town, fires blazed at every point of the ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Randa Farhat
: ...while its outskirts continue to endure the siege and fire.
8 hrs
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Thank you R Farhat
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