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للحفظ

English translation: Filing or Archiving

14:46 Oct 26, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Proceeding and Law
Arabic term or phrase: للحفظ
عندما تذكر العبارة التالية:

هذه الورقة أو هذا الملف من أجل الحفظ
ما هي أنسب ترجمة لها
هل هل
Filing
أم
Archive
فأنا مع الأخيرة! فهل هناك أي احتمال آخر
مع الشكر الجزيل
ولي
walidsoliman
Egypt
Local time: 20:16
English translation:Filing or Archiving
Explanation:
Filing or Archiving
It depends on the purpose.
Archiving is to store documents that you would not use for a long time.
Filing is to store documents in an orderly manner, do you can find them easily when you need them.

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-10-26 15:00:47 GMT)
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Correction:
do you can find them = so you can find them ...
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Sami Khamou
Local time: 13:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7Filing or Archiving
Sami Khamou
5 +2filing
AhmedAMS
4 +3I would go (for Or to Archive)
Mohamed Gaafar
4keep for further reference
Mayssa Allaf


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
filing


Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2006-10-26 14:55:51 GMT)
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All files will be ultimately in the archives. However, the applicable term is “filing.”

AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fayez Roumieh
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Alaa AHMED: file
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Filing or Archiving


Explanation:
Filing or Archiving
It depends on the purpose.
Archiving is to store documents that you would not use for a long time.
Filing is to store documents in an orderly manner, do you can find them easily when you need them.

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-10-26 15:00:47 GMT)
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Correction:
do you can find them = so you can find them ...

Sami Khamou
Local time: 13:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 77
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agree  Saleh Ayyub
3 hrs
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agree  Mohamed Ghazal
5 hrs
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agree  Nesrin
6 hrs
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agree  Eliana Bunn: agree
22 hrs
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agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
1 day 9 hrs
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agree  Chowdhury
1 day 22 hrs
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agree  Mona Ragaei
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I would go (for Or to Archive)


Explanation:
I usually read it on memos

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-10-26 15:04:11 GMT)
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of course Mr. Sami got For archiving VS a copy to archive

Mohamed Gaafar
Egypt
Local time: 20:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12
1 corroborated select project
in this pair and field What is ProZ.com Project History(SM)?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shilir Habib
2 mins
  -> thanks a million
agree  hatemfathy: I'd go for that as well
5 hrs
  -> thanks a million
agree  Mona Ragaei: Archives refers to a collection of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. Archives are made up of records which have been created during the course of an individual or organisation's life. In general an archive consists
2 days 19 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
keep for further reference


Explanation:

filing: في الملف
archive: في الأرشيف


Mayssa Allaf
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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