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تدقيق احكامه

English translation: the bill's stated but unmet goal

13:54 May 5, 2015
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Law, military?
Arabic term or phrase: تدقيق احكامه
Context:
هدف معلن أهمل مشروع القانون تدقيق احكامه
This is a subtitle in an article about a new law. The idea of the subsequent section is that law does not really focus on achieving its stated objective.

I've only seen إحكام هدف used in a military context to mean "lock onto a target", but I'm not sure if the phrase is exclusive to military language.
Jaus
Australia
English translation:the bill's stated but unmet goal
Explanation:
I thought about other options but many of them are much wordier, like "the stated goal of the bill which it fails to achieve". Ultimately I like this the best.

(note that a 'draft law' is usually just called a 'bill')

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-05 15:54:03 GMT)
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Thanks for the note! In my opinion it is إحكام, but I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts. Ultimately, though, I think the whole section heading deserves a nice re-write in English to read naturally.
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Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 02:40
Grading comment
Thanks very much
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5editing its rules
Awad Balaish
4provisions Checking/careful examination
TargamaT team
4the bill's stated but unmet goal
Tim Friese
4failed to stipulate the provisions thereof
Ahmed Alami
4use/using precise terms
jehd mahdi


Discussion entries: 3





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
provisions Checking/careful examination


Explanation:
أحكام

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Note added at 10 mins (2015-05-05 14:05:27 GMT)
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Sorry: provisions checking

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-05 15:41:04 GMT)
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أحكام، تعود للقانون
وليس إحكام

والفرق شاسع بينهما

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 09:40
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the bill's stated but unmet goal


Explanation:
I thought about other options but many of them are much wordier, like "the stated goal of the bill which it fails to achieve". Ultimately I like this the best.

(note that a 'draft law' is usually just called a 'bill')

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-05-05 15:54:03 GMT)
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Thanks for the note! In my opinion it is إحكام, but I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts. Ultimately, though, I think the whole section heading deserves a nice re-write in English to read naturally.

Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 02:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Thanks very much
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks very much for taking a look. Your suggestion is fairly similar to what I had in my draft ("a stated goal neglected"). In your opinion, is it إحكام, as I originally read it, or أحكام, as Taragma suggested above? BTW: I found your post on Syrian war terminology very interesting a few months ago :)

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
editing its rules


Explanation:
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Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
failed to stipulate the provisions thereof


Explanation:
failed to stipulate its provisions

Ahmed Alami
Morocco
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
use/using precise terms


Explanation:
أحكام - terms, rules, etc.

إحكام tightening

from looking at the full context at another website, it seems to be referring to an article of a new law that lacks preciseness or accuracy.


Example sentence(s):
  • التصدي للاعتداءات على القوات المسلحة: هدف معلن أهمل مشروع القانون تدقيق احكامه يفترض في مشروع قانون عنوانه الابرز زجر الاعتداءات على القوا

    Reference: http://www.legal-agenda.com/article.php?id=1083&lang=ar
jehd mahdi
Ireland
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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