Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
وضع حرج
English translation:
critical condition
Added to glossary by
Abdallah Ali
Jan 10, 2008 14:29
16 yrs ago
Arabic term
English lawyer - 11 years in practice
Native in: English 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, Persian (Farsi) to English
وضع حرج
Arabic to English
Other
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بات في وضع حرج بعد الحادثة
Is this just "he spent the night in a wooded place after the accident", or could it have another meaning?
Is this just "he spent the night in a wooded place after the accident", or could it have another meaning?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +8 | is in critical condition |
Abdallah Ali
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| 5 +4 | Critical situation |
Assem Mazloum
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| 5 +2 | critical situation |
Iman Khaireddine
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| 5 | critical position/status or situation |
amky
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Change log
Jan 10, 2008 21:33: Abdallah Ali changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/136406">James Roberts's</a> old entry - "وضع حرج"" to ""is in critical condition""
Proposed translations
+8
2 mins
Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
United Kingdom
More than translation!
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
72
Selected
is in critical condition
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Peer comment(s):
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AhmedAMS
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Thank you very much
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Nesrin
: In this context (accident), it would be "condition".
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Exactly. Thank you very much
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| agree |
Amira Mansour
: agree with Nesrin.
30 mins
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Thank you very much
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Mohamed Ghazal
34 mins
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Thank you very much
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| agree |
Neamaat Shehatah
1 hr
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Thank you very much
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| agree |
ahmadwadan.com
1 hr
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Thank you very much
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| agree |
Saleh Ayyub
3 hrs
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Thank you very much
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Steve Booth
4 hrs
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Thank you very much
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, and thanks to everyone else. I am sorry I did not give more detail, but I was very pressed for time."
+4
1 min
Assem Mazloum
Germany
Germany
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Germany
Realizing Potential!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, German to Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
24
Critical situation
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Iman Khaireddine
: Agree, again
2 mins
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thank u again, lol
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Hani Hassaan
2 mins
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thank you Hani
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| agree |
Neamaat Shehatah
1 hr
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thank you Hervana
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Mohsin Alabdali
15 hrs
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thank you very much Mohsin
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+2
2 mins
Iman Khaireddine
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
Works in field
United Kingdom
Connecting Cultures
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
critical situation
critical situation
19 mins
critical position/status or situation
Being in critical status, position or situation.
Example sentence:
critical measurement data can be in a critical medical situation.
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