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متهرب من الخدمة العسكرية

English translation: draft dodger

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Arabic term or phrase:متهرب من الخدمة العسكرية
English translation:draft dodger
Entered by: Abdallah Ali

11:08 Jun 22, 2012
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Military / Defense / politics
Arabic term or phrase: متهرب من الخدمة العسكرية
ما هي الترجمة الصحيحة لعبارة "متهرب من الخدمة العسكرية"؟ وشكرا
Mohammad Najim (X)
Palestine
Local time: 12:49
draft dodger
Explanation:
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:49
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4draft dodger
Abdallah Ali
5 +1military deserter /army deserter /draft dodger/military service dodger/
Hasna Chakir
5Flee
Tamer Mekhimar
5A Dodger of Military Service
ayman bakr
5Draft Evader (term in "US Miitary English")
Stephen Franke
4draft absentee (Brit.)
Giovanni Pizzati (X)
3Person avoiding military service
Taghreed Mahmoud


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
draft dodger


Explanation:
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Abdullah


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TargamaT team
1 min
agree  Ahmed Alami: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion
45 mins
agree  Khalid W: Exactly.
1 hr
agree  sktrans
1 hr
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Flee


Explanation:
Flee

Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 12:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
A Dodger of Military Service


Explanation:
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ayman bakr
Local time: 12:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Person avoiding military service


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.eg/#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-a...

Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Local time: 12:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
military deserter /army deserter /draft dodger/military service dodger/


Explanation:
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Hasna Chakir
Morocco
Local time: 10:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giovanni Pizzati (X): dodger is American
15 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Draft Evader (term in "US Miitary English")


Explanation:
The official term, as used in references of the US Department of Defense

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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-06-22 21:11:10 GMT)
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Correction: title line should be " ... US Military English"

Apologies for the hasty keystrokes.

Khair, in shaa' Allah.

Stephen H. Franke

Huntsville, Alabama [through June 2010]

Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 02:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
draft absentee (Brit.)


Explanation:
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Giovanni Pizzati (X)
Italy
Local time: 11:49
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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