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risked mass death

Arabic translation: يخاطرون بمقتل الكثير من الناس

14:47 Mar 31, 2020
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / war, history
English term or phrase: risked mass death
context:

the revolutionaries were prepared to fight for their country, even though they thereby risked mass death.
Roycee (X)
Local time: 22:41
Arabic translation:يخاطرون بمقتل الكثير من الناس
Explanation:
يخاطرون بهلاك الكثير من الأرواح
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Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 23:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3يخاطرون بمقتل الكثير من الناس
Ayman Massoud
5 +1يخاطرون بالموت الجماعي
Yassine El Bouknify
5 +1رغم أنهم كانوا بذلك يخاطرون (أو يجازفون) بحياة الكثير
Fuad Yahya
4 +1يخاطرون بمقتلهم جميعًا
TargamaT team
5يخاطر بمقتل حشد من الناس
adel almergawy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
يخاطرون بمقتل الكثير من الناس


Explanation:
يخاطرون بهلاك الكثير من الأرواح

Ayman Massoud
Egypt
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yosra Montasser
9 mins
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agree  Youssef Chabat
1 hr
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agree  Morano El-Kholy
1 day 21 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
يخاطرون بالموت الجماعي


Explanation:

the revolutionaries were prepared to fight for their country, even though they thereby risked mass death

كان الثوريون مستعدين للقتال من أجل بلادهم على الرغم من أنهم بذلك يخاطرون بالموت الجماعي


Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 22:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Champollion Translation Services: المخاطرة بموت الكتير من الناس
8 days
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
يخاطرون بمقتلهم جميعًا


Explanation:
يخاطرون بمقتلهم جميعًا

TargamaT team
France
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 196

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mohamed aglan
45 mins
  -> شكرًا جزيلًا
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
يخاطر بمقتل حشد من الناس


Explanation:
موت جماعى

Example sentence(s):
  • لايبالى الثوار بالموت
adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
though they thereby risked mass death
رغم أنهم كانوا بذلك يخاطرون (أو يجازفون) بحياة الكثير


Explanation:
In English, the transitive verb "to risk" can be used in two different ways:

1. To do something that could lead to the loss of something, e.g., "she risked her life."

2. To do something that could lead to an unwanted outcome, e.g., "she risked her death."

As you can see from the above two examples, one cannot tell which meaning ins intended until one has read the object.

In the clause "though they thereby risked mass death," it is the second meaning that is intended.

In Arabic, the verb يخاطر بكذا (or يجازف بكذا) does not have this ambiguity about it. The prepositional object is always the thing one fears to lose. Therefore, in the clause "though they thereby risked mass death," you must replace "death" with its opposite:

رغم أنهم كانوا بذلك يخاطرون (أو يجازفون) بحياة الكثير

If you wish to keep the word "death," you need to play a little trick:
رغم كون ذلك مخاطرة (أو مجازفة) تنطوي على موت الكثير

And if you wish to keep "mass death" intact, you need to play an additional trick:
رغم كون ذلك مخاطرة (أو مجازفة) قد تؤدي إلى موت جماعي

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

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agree  Champollion Translation Services: المجازفة بموت الكتير من الناس
8 days
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