English term
Egypt
legal translator
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Saudi , Egyptian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
in curtailed form,
| 5 +1 | in shortened form |
Evgeniya Staykova
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Kiet Bach
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| 2 | with a shortened schedule |
Becca Resnik
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| online (free) dictionaries |
writeaway
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Apr 24, 2020 08:36: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "English vocabulary"
Apr 24, 2020 09:39: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Rob Grayson, Jennifer White
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United Kingdom
15+ years experience, legal, medical
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, Bulgarian, and 1 more.
in shortened form
| A lot of gratitude for your input |
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writeaway
: any refs to back so much confidence?
1 hr
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Mark Robertson
: The expressions in your explanation are not synonyms of each other, or of your answer..
2 hrs
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No, they are not synonyms. I have just copied the dictionary definition of "curtail".
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AllegroTrans
: dictionary definitions are a starting point but translation is about context and natural-sounding wording
4 hrs
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philgoddard
: This is so basic it doesn't need references. And yes, they are near synonyms.
4 hrs
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Thank you. I though it was simple too.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: "reduced form" would work better here. Yes it's simple, but just because something is a near synonym doesn't mean it's right. We don't know if this event is "shortened" but it is definitely reduced, in number of people and/or activities. Need more contex
9 hrs
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United States
Real engineering & clinical experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South) 
Works in: German to English, Japanese to English, English
with a shortened schedule
in restricted form
Reference comments
online (free) dictionaries
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/curtail
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtail
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/curt...
etc
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Kathinka van de Griendt
48 mins
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| agree |
philgoddard
3 hrs
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