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وقفة تضامنية/وقفة منددة

English translation: To stand in support /to stand in protest

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Arabic term or phrase:وقفة تضامنية/وقفة منددة
English translation:To stand in support /to stand in protest
Entered by: Lamis Maalouf

21:22 Mar 21, 2013
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Arabic term or phrase: وقفة تضامنية/وقفة منددة
يرجى من طلابنا في الخارج اجراء وقفة تضامنية أمام سفارات الدول الداعمة لقضايانا العادلة وأخرى منددة أمام سفارات الدول المعادية لنهجنا

thnx for help
Mandy K
Local time: 07:17
To stand in support /to stand in protest
Explanation:
We ask our students...to stand ..before the embassies, etc

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Note added at 45 mins (2013-03-21 22:07:08 GMT)
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Sorry, I should have said, in front of..
By the way, I take it in your context that it is not a stance/position, etc but a literal standing..meaning that students are requested to go physically to the embassy and stand there :)
http://world.time.com/2012/09/14/can-the-u-s-stop-the-wave-o...
You can also use for the second one, protest in front of ... just like here:
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=365630
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Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 01:17
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2To stand in support /to stand in protest
Lamis Maalouf
5a solidarity stance/ a denouncing stance
Muhammad Said
5to take a stand in solidarity with to take a stand against
Abdelmonem Samir
5to assume jointly responsible attitude / condemning attitude
Awad Balaish
3show solidarity by standing in front of ...etc.
KHALDUN ALQAYSI


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a solidarity stance/ a denouncing stance


Explanation:
a solidarity stance/ a denouncing stance


    Reference: http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/533767
Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 88
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
To stand in support /to stand in protest


Explanation:
We ask our students...to stand ..before the embassies, etc

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Note added at 45 mins (2013-03-21 22:07:08 GMT)
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Sorry, I should have said, in front of..
By the way, I take it in your context that it is not a stance/position, etc but a literal standing..meaning that students are requested to go physically to the embassy and stand there :)
http://world.time.com/2012/09/14/can-the-u-s-stop-the-wave-o...
You can also use for the second one, protest in front of ... just like here:
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=365630

Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 01:17
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ayman Hemeida
48 mins
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agree  Abdallah Ali
12 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
show solidarity by standing in front of ...etc.


Explanation:
Translation should not be literal in any case, we can translate the meaning rather especially in interpretation.

KHALDUN ALQAYSI
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 10:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to take a stand in solidarity with to take a stand against


Explanation:

Solidarity
What does it mean to stand in solidarity with someone? I have a friend who talks about standing in solidarity with undocumented immigrants.
http://glennbalzer.com/2011/10/26/solidarity/

Students at Al Quds Bard College in the West Bank stand in solidarity with Students for Justice in Palestine
http://www.brooklynsjp.com/students-from-the-west-bank-stand...


Hong Kong students take a stand against slavery

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/07/hong-ko...



Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 08:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 52
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to assume jointly responsible attitude / condemning attitude


Explanation:
to adopt a consolidated attitude / condemning attitudes

Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 38
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