الغير

English translation: does not hold

15:43 Jul 31, 2020

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Upgrades and changes in medical device

Arabic term or phrase: الغير

تحت التسجيل الغير حاصلة على شهادة تداول من بلد المنشأ

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English translation:does not hold

Explanation:
does not hold a trading cirtificate.

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does or do according to the preceding noun in Arabic.

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mona elshazly
Egypt
Local time: 03:21

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5 +2

Negative term (poor Arabic)

Fuad Yahya

4 +2

does not hold

mona elshazly

not having

adel almergawy

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does not hold

mona elshazly
Egypt
Local time: 03:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

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This was such a helpful explanation, thank you!

1 day 18 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Negative term (poor Arabic)

Explanation:

The word غير when used in a genitive phrase (preceding an adjective) serves to negate the adjective. For example, look at the adjective مُجدٍ ("effective, effectual, availing, beneficial, profitable"). If you say about something that it is غير مُجدٍ, that would mean the opposite: useless, pointless, non-productive. You may be familiar with the first line from Abu Al-Alaa Al-Ma'arri's famous poem:

غير مُجدٍ في مِلَّتي واعتقادي، نَوحُ باكٍ ولا تَرنُّم شادِ

In the case of your text, the adjective in question is حاصلة على ("in possession of"). The negative is غير حاصلة على ("not in possession of").

The text, however, was written by an ill-trained Arabic writer. When we introduce the definite article into an adjectival phrase consisting of غير plus an adjective, the definite article should be attached to the adjective, not to the word غير. In other words, the correct expression should be غير الحاصلة, not الغير حاصلة.

This is a common error, so expect to see it often.

Fuad Yahya
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 30

2 days 18 hrs confidence:

not having

Explanation:
doesn't have

adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 03:21
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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