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Mar 24, 2004 01:12
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English term
cover letter
English to Arabic
Bus/Financial
Management
administrative process
This is part of a title of a form letter. The full title is "Cover Letter to Accompany the Application Package." The application package consists of several documents requesting membership in an organization.
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خطاب تغطية
خطاب تغطية
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Comment: "Judging by colleagues' comments, this appears to be the most commonly used expression, which is what I wanted to confirm.
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كتاب تغطية
رسالة تشرح الموضوع المرفق
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Dr. Wathib Jabouri
Native in Arabic
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رساله إستهلال
هي الرساله التي تستهل بقية محتويات طلب خطي
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Sabry Hameed
Egypt
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خطاب تقدمة
خطاب يرفق مع طلب أو عرض ما لشرح وتوضيح التفاصيل الخاصة به
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Joseph Samir
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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خطاب تقديمى موجز
خطاب تقديمى موجز
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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2004-03-24 10:34:27 GMT)
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I have embedded the main characteristics of this letter in my translation , I guess it is a good strategy when introducing such English experssions to the Arabic language ..
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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2004-03-24 10:34:27 GMT)
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I have embedded the main characteristics of this letter in my translation , I guess it is a good strategy when introducing such English experssions to the Arabic language ..
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الخطاب المرفق
Dictionary.com's definition of the cover letter (or the covering) letter is: A letter sent with other documents to explain more fully or provide more information. Also called covering letter.
so we can translate it as الخطاب المرفق I guess.. or we can say
الخطاب المرفق التوضيحي
so we can translate it as الخطاب المرفق I guess.. or we can say
الخطاب المرفق التوضيحي
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خطاب إيضاح
خطاب توضيحي
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رسالة تغطية
ِA more preferable synonyms of خطاب تغطية suggested by Shazly
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كتاب مُرفَق
I think this could be the best.
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English term (edited):
cover letter (also: covering letter)
خطاب تعريفي - خطاب مرفق
الخطاب التعريفي هو عبارة عن خطاب يتضمن معلومات عن شخص متقدم لوظيفة، أو مرفقات ملحقة بالخطاب
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خطاب إرفاق
هو خطاب يشير إلى محتوى الرسالة/ الخطاب
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Abdelhai Laggoun
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
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رسالة تعريفية
أو حتى (خطاب تعريفي)، كلمة (رسال) هنا لأنها البديل الأفضل لكلمة (letter) ، وكلمة (تعريفي/تعريفية) لأن الشخص يرسلها إلى شخص/ جهة أخرى لغرض التعريف بنفسه
Example sentence:
خطاب تعريفي
رسالة تعريفية
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Dr. Khaled Jebahi
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خطاب تقديم
I do not think a word for word translation is of any use here. I believe the word for word equivalent in Arabic seems, to me at least, as a native speaker of Modern Standard Arabic, hard to "digest", if you allow the term.
I am more into translating the meaning, rather than the words themselves; and as such the phrase "خطاب تقديم" seems to be more acceptable to the ears of a native speaker of Arabic than "رسالة تغطية".
I am more into translating the meaning, rather than the words themselves; and as such the phrase "خطاب تقديم" seems to be more acceptable to the ears of a native speaker of Arabic than "رسالة تغطية".
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