Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

media items

Arabic translation:

المواد، المواد المراد حفظها، المواد التسجيلية

Added to glossary by Waleed Mohamed
Sep 3, 2005 17:45
18 yrs ago
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English term

media items

English to Arabic Tech/Engineering Computers: Software Mobile phone software
Select Prefer On Card to set your phone to save media items to the memory card if it is in the phone. If the memory card is not in the phone, even if you choose Prefer On Card, the media items are saved to your phone’s memory

Discussion

Waleed Mohamed (asker) Sep 3, 2005:
Media items are pictures, audio files and videos. Thanks Ahmad
ahmadwadan.com Sep 3, 2005:
Dear Walid, it will be great if you can explain the nature of this media, its function, usage...etc. this will help for accurate translation.
Regards

Proposed translations

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المواد، المواد المراد حفظها، المواد التسجيلية

As you know, mobile phones have now become cameras, mp3 players, and display devices, not only for static pictures, but also for short movie clips. All of these items need to be stored somehow. There are two ways to do it: either in the phone itself, or in a removabe memory device, so you can keep all these items when you switch to a different phone. They also include the fancy ring tones that you hear chirping away.

Such itmes are mainly audiovisual, but the main thing about them here is that they are files to be saved. The word "media" itself is not an apt name for them, but the word has become standard in English -- not so in Arabic. Some translators have even tried to transport the word into Arabic as مواد وسائطية, which I think is bad.

The word مواد alone will be clear enough for the reader, but for added clarity you can use المواد التسجيلية, or المواد المراد حفظها for this particular sentence. You can also use مواد الحفظ or المواد المسجلة

I have also seen المواد الصوتية البصرية used for "media items" because of the typical nature of these items.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "وجدت أن كلمة "إعلامية" ستكون غريبة جدا في السياق، لذا اخترت إجابة أ. فؤاد، مع شكري الجزيل للجميع"
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1 hr

مواد إعلامية

يتحدث الموضوع عن تخزين أو تسجيل مواد إعلامية، مثل لقطات تلفزيونية قصيرة أو موسيقى الأخبار في بعض القنوات التلفزيونية أو لقطات من كاميرا الفيديو أو من جهاز الفيديو نفسه
Peer comment(s):

agree Sami Khamou
6 mins
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agree Dina Abdo
24 mins
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agree Mohamed Gaafar
3 hrs
thanx:)
agree Mona Ragaei
11 hrs
thanx:)
agree Alexander Yeltsov
13 hrs
thanx:)
agree A Nabil Bouitieh
1 day 1 hr
thanx:)
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4 hrs

مفردات وسائل إعلامية للهاتف الجوال

This seems to pinpoint the implication of the origianl term in the context given. The link below defines media items as مفردات وسائل الإعلام. Hit the link and ask for translation of term, to get the answer in this final link: http://www.arabsgate.com/trjm/translate.php
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11 hrs

ملفات إعلامية

This translation is as per your explanation of media items Walid.
Kind Regards
Peer comment(s):

agree Mona Ragaei
1 hr
neutral Khalid Alkodah : If they really wanted to call them Files ... They would call them Media Files
3 hrs
Thats why I asked the asker and he answered that they are "FILES". Otherwise I would adopt your translation.
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1 day 22 mins

مواد وسائط متعددة

مواد مصورة

عادة ما يقصد الوسائط المتعددة في الهواتف وكثيرا ما تختصر
multimedia or just media
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