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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

driven by

Arabic translation:

المعاشة من طرف

Added to glossary by Dalia Nour
May 5, 2020 21:56
4 yrs ago
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English term

driven by

English to Arabic Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Financial reason is closely followed by ‘career opportunities’ and ‘better quality of life’ driven by Westerners
Proposed translations (Arabic)
4 المعاشة من طرف
5 +1 متأثر ب
5 +1 لا داعي لتكرار الكلمة في الجملة العربـية
5 المنساقة - المنقادة من
4 الناتجة عن
4 حيث الحياة/بالصورة أو الوضع
4 يديرها الغرب

Discussion

Dalia Nour (asker) May 9, 2020:
Thank you so much for all of you, Thanks Mr. Fuad for your help and your explanation. Yes, I was in consistent in this sentence, unfortunately. (I'm not sure until now if I was right or wrong concerning my selection but I was looking forward to having a clear meaning). Let us also bear in mind that the text looks written by non native speaker who may select the wrong vocabulary which are non matching with the meaning of the sentence. I'm just assuming what he could mean by this sentence as it made me crazy for over thinking about it. Also, I didn't have much time to give it another try.

Thank you so much for your help!
Fuad Yahya May 7, 2020:
In reply to your closing note, There simply is no such thing in English as "driven by" meaning "lived by." Additionally, the two sentences are constructed in exactly the same way. Even if we assume the two sentences are poorly written (and we should), the terms used in both sentences should be construed the same way. In other words, whichever translation you prefer for "driven by" (mine or anybody else's) should be used in both sentences. Otherwise, you would be inconsistent.
Yassine El Bouknify May 6, 2020:
Driven by It means that westerns control and monitor the process of finance. Therefore, my translation would be as follows: يسيرها الغربيون. I suggested الناتجة عن الغربيون in my first translation because the cause and the result of control leads to the power of the doer
Dalia Nour (asker) May 6, 2020:
Most welcome Mr. Fuad! What is the best translation do you suggest?
Fuad Yahya May 6, 2020:
Thank you, Dalia. That made a big difference.
Dalia Nour (asker) May 6, 2020:
This is the full sentence, Overall financial reason (63%) is the key driver to come to Saudi Arabia driven by Arabs/Asians. Financial reason is closely followed by ‘career opportunities’ and ‘better quality of life’ driven by Westerners
Fuad Yahya May 6, 2020:
More context, please! The verb "to drive" has about 237 different meanings. Additional context would help us zero in on the intended meaning. I assume the sentence is part of a passage, a paragraph, perhaps. You have the paragraph. We don't. The more you share of that paragraph (preceding sentences, following sentences), the more we can follow the logic of the sentence, and the more we can help.
adel almergawy May 5, 2020:
@ Notice
The passive is changed into active within translation
يدير الغرب نموذج افضل للحياة

Proposed translations

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Selected

المعاشة من طرف

meaning the westerners live for this kind of life.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you"
6 mins

الناتجة عن

Driven" means 'motivated' or 'caused' by
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+1
7 mins

متأثر ب

Driven by his/her ethics
كمثال
Peer comment(s):
agree Ramadan Ibrahim
2 hrs
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27 mins

حيث الحياة/بالصورة أو الوضع

حيث الحياة الغربية/حيث نمط الحياة التي يعيشها الغربيون/الغرب
بالصورة التي يحياها/يعيش فيها/يترف بها
الوضع الذي يعيش فيه
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يديرها الغرب

يتولاها او يدير اهل الغرب تلك الحياة الفضلى
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المنساقة - المنقادة من

caused or influenced by something or someone
Example sentence:

The company's policies are essentially cost-driven.

Reference:

http://https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/driven

http://https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/driven/

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+1
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لا داعي لتكرار الكلمة في الجملة العربـية

Thank you for posting the full sentence. It make things far clearer.

It is clear now that "driven by" is related to "key driver." In the English sentence, it makes sense to re-state the driver concept. Depending on how you construct the Arabic sentence, there may not be any need to re-state the driver concept later in the sentence. For example:

Overall financial reason (63%) is the key driver to come to Saudi Arabia driven by Arabs/Asians

الدافع المالي العام (أو الشامل) (63%) هو الدافع الرئيسي للعرب/الآسـيويين للقدوم إلى المملكة العربية السعودية

In the next sentence, you will probably use the plural form: الدوافع

In other words, it is much simpler in Arabic.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-05-06 01:55:15 GMT)
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Please let me know if this was not clear. Thanks.
Note from asker:
The first 'driven by' it's definitely الدافع but the second 'driven by'like المعاشة من طرف أو التي يعيشها أو التي يحياها ... الخ. This is my point of view depends on the context which I have tried million words to make it clear or readable. Thank you so much for your help!
Peer comment(s):
agree Saleh Dardeer : This question is an ideal example proving true: "word out of context is meaningless". All other suggestions are good translations, but not in this context.
10 hrs
Well said!
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