لزمات

English translation: catchphrase

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Arabic term or phrase:لزمات
English translation:catchphrase
Entered by: Zingare11a

18:01 Jun 13, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / لزمات
Arabic term or phrase: لزمات
أصبحت (اللزمات) في الفترة الأخيرة ضرورة حتمية للأعمال الدرامية، بحيث صار الفنانون يتسابقون لتحصيل وترديد أفضل الكلمات، وللفنانين مبررات تدعوهم لاقتناء مثل هذه الكلمات التي غالبا ما تحمل طابع كوميدي فيستمدها البعض من واقع حياة المجتمع، او نتيجة قصة واقعية حدثت له أوربما يرددها هو في حياته اليومية، ومهما اختلفت الأسباب فإنه ما من شك في أنها باتت تجسد عاملا مهما في نجاح أي عمل أو ايصال الشخصية صاحبة اللزمة الى شعبية قد لا تصل اليها الشخصية من غير لزمتها.
الكلمات حين تلصق بالذاكرة
Zingare11a
Local time: 17:31
catchphrase
Explanation:
I think that's what it is.

catchphrases, plural

1.A well-known sentence or phrase, typically one that is associated with a particular famous person
(Google dictionary)

A group of words, often originating in popular culture, that is spontaneously popularized after widespread repeated use; A signature phrase of a particular person or group
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catchphrase

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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1catchphrase
Nesrin
4Standing phrase.
Morano El-Kholy
4Verbal tics
Ohan
4leitmotifs
Maureen Millington-Brodie
4 -1a refrain / refrains
Hassan Lotfy


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catchphrase


Explanation:
I think that's what it is.

catchphrases, plural

1.A well-known sentence or phrase, typically one that is associated with a particular famous person
(Google dictionary)

A group of words, often originating in popular culture, that is spontaneously popularized after widespread repeated use; A signature phrase of a particular person or group
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catchphrase



Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:31
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: yes! thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ammar Mahmood: A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, ..., Some catch phrases become the de facto "trademark" of the person or character with whom..
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a refrain / refrains


Explanation:
لزمة / لزمات

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-13 19:31:27 GMT)
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noun

Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Local time: 16:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you.

Asker: we are not talking of songs, however, but usually of words/phrases repeating in films, for example. So I agree with the disagreement of Mr. Mahmoud:)


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disagree  Ammar Mahmood: Sorry! But could you please check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrain
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Standing phrase.


Explanation:
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Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
Local time: 16:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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Asker: thank you.

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Verbal tics


Explanation:


Also catch phrases as mentioned by Nesrin


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/arabic_to_english/poetry_literatur...
Ohan
Spain
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: Arabic
Notes to answerer
Asker: nice one, thanks!

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leitmotifs


Explanation:
This is the correct term in drama as used by Samuel Beckett and Bert Brecht etc.


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Note added at 16 hrs (2011-06-14 10:51:07 GMT)
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If you check the reference above you will see that "leitmotif" now has a much wider use than in referring to music.

Example sentence(s):
  • Leitmotif - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSamuel Beckett uses leitmotifs throughout his body of works. Other writers who have used similar techniques include Virginia Woolf, Kurt Vonnegut, ...
Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you, but it has nothing to do with music. see the example I gave - مهما في نجاح أي عمل أو ايصال الشخصية صاحبة اللزمة الى شعبية قد لا تصل اليها الشخصية من غير لزمتها. الكلمات حين تلصق بالذاكرة. the right answer it catchphrase/verbal tics.

Asker: all that I see in google refers to music. As for literarute, leitmotif means a recurring THEMES or "a recurring event, image, object or character ", not "EEPRESSIONS" .

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