المسجّلة القديمة

English translation: the old cassette recorder

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Arabic term or phrase:المسجّلة القديمة
English translation:the old cassette recorder
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18:46 Apr 27, 2023
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: المسجّلة القديمة
Hi everyone,

This is from another North African text, but I'm not sure what 'old recorder' means here.

أشغّل الراديو عن طريق المسجّلة القديمة ....

Thanks!
Saliha18
Local time: 01:39
the old cassette recorder
Explanation:
I turn on the radio from the old recorder. / Would you turn on the radio..... . أشغل meaning depends on the context.

It is a radio cassette recorder, portable and cassette tape one of the good old days.
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4the old cassette recorder
Z-Translations Translator
3the old speaker
Chris Adams


  

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the old cassette recorder


Explanation:
I turn on the radio from the old recorder. / Would you turn on the radio..... . أشغل meaning depends on the context.

It is a radio cassette recorder, portable and cassette tape one of the good old days.


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the old speaker


Explanation:
المسجّلة can sometimes mean a speaker/amplifier in some North African contexts.

Chris Adams
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