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Antique Vintage Items

English translation: قطع عتيقة أو قطع عتيقة الطراز

18:40 Jun 23, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Finance (general) / Finance and marketing
Arabic term or phrase: Antique Vintage Items
Antique Vintage Items and Antique stained glass
einass kandil
Egypt
Local time: 13:28
English translation:قطع عتيقة أو قطع عتيقة الطراز
Explanation:
Antique: Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
Vintage: (in this context) A period of origin or manufacture (a piano of 1845 vintage) or length of existence : age

Therefore both words have the same meaning in this context.
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mohdysh
Lebanon
Local time: 13:28
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1قطع أثرية تستخدم في الخمور
Amira A Wahab
5قطع عتيقة أو قطع عتيقة الطراز
mohdysh
5قطع أثرية عتيقة
Ahmed Daif


  

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
قطع عتيقة أو قطع عتيقة الطراز


Explanation:
Antique: Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
Vintage: (in this context) A period of origin or manufacture (a piano of 1845 vintage) or length of existence : age

Therefore both words have the same meaning in this context.

mohdysh
Lebanon
Local time: 13:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
قطع أثرية تستخدم في الخمور


Explanation:
قطع قديمة تستخدم في الخمر

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Note added at 14 hrs (2010-06-24 08:45:50 GMT)
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بعض القطع الأثرية التي كانت تستخدم قديما لاحتساء الخمر أو تخزينها

Amira A Wahab
Local time: 13:28
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Said Abouharia
29 mins
  -> Thanks a lot
agree  Morano El-Kholy: Agree
4 hrs
  -> Thank you so much
disagree  Steve Booth: vintage in this case is just another word for meaning old nothing to do with wine making
11 hrs
  -> Thank you so much
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
قطع أثرية عتيقة


Explanation:
قطع أثرية عتيقة

Ahmed Daif
Local time: 13:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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