Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

business as usual

Arabic translation:

الأعمال كالعادة

Added to glossary by Liliane Hatem
May 5, 2010 18:46
14 yrs ago
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May 10, 2010 10:40: Liliane Hatem Created KOG entry

Discussion

TargamaT team May 5, 2010:
the contest is in business Hi GilleR,
please cf. my comment on Liliane's proposition...
GilleR (asker) May 5, 2010:
original context of phrse "business as usual" But it was business as usual for the Greeks. Crisis? What crisis? It's 10.30pm on Saturday night at the Casino Loutraki, a plush address ...
Fuad Yahya May 5, 2010:
Context Please provide the sentence where you found this phrase. Thank you.
Nesrin May 5, 2010:
It may be helpful if you could tell us in what situation the phrase was uttered. Thanks.

Proposed translations

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الأعمال كالعادة

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Peer comment(s):

agree Saleh Ayyub : أو الأعمال المعتادة
20 mins
Thank you, Saleh!
agree TargamaT team : رغم حدوث العطل الكهربائي إلا أننا نتابع "العمل كالعادة" ونخدم زبائننا في جميع الفروع...ـ
49 mins
Thanks!
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العمل مستمر كالمعتاد / يبقى الحال كما هو عليه

العمل مستمر كالمعتاد / يبقى الحال كما هو عليه
Peer comment(s):

agree Nesrin : Both are good.
40 mins
agree Mahmoud Mohamed : yes
871 days
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32 mins

كالمعتاد دائما

كالمعتاد دائما
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الحياة مستمرة

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كنشاط اعتيادي/ كمساق أعمال اعتياجي

لكنه كان كنشاط اعتيادي بالنسبة لليونانيين برغم الأزمة .. الخ



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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-05-05 20:59:59 GMT)
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كمساق أعمال اعتيادي

sorry for the typo
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English term (edited): but it was business as usual

لكن الأمور كانت سائرة على وتيرتها

A key determinant in this instant is the dummy "subject-verb to be" construction, where the phrase in question operates as a logical predicate (or a grammatical "compliment"). "It" here means "things," "affairs," "life," etc.
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تدور دواليب الحياة بشكل طبيعي

تدور دواليب الحياة بشكل طبيعي
in the past: كانت
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روتين العمل

الروتين هو مجموعة من الإجراءات التي يتم عملها لإنجاز نفس المهمة
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