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🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Translation Office

A translation office in Dokki, the diploma and the contract: bring the original, otherwise it won't do; every page, or else they'll send you back; Thursday before two.

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THE STORY

A translation office on a side street in Dokki, a morning in March; the translator and Leo say the polite you to each other.

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اللِّي بَعْدُه! عَنْد حَضْرِتَك إِيه?IL-li BA3-du! 3and 7ad-RI-tak eeh?Next! What have you got?
الشَّهَادَة وِالعَقْد, لِلإِقَامَة.ish-sha-HAA-da wil-3A'D, lil-'i-'AA-ma.The diploma and the contract, for the residence.
التَّرْجَمَة بِكَام?it-tar-GA-ma bi-KAAM?How much is the translation?
وَإِلَّا مَا يِنْفَعْش.wa-'IL-la ma yin-FA3SHotherwise it won't do
هَات الأَصْل, وَإِلَّا مَا يِنْفَعْش.haat il-'ASL, wa-'IL-la ma yin-FA3SH.Bring the original, otherwise it won't do.
اِتْفَضَّل, دَه الأَصْل.it-FAD-dal, da il-'ASL.Here you are, this is the original.
الصَّفْحَة بِمِيَّة جْنِيه.is-SAF-7a bi-MEE-ya GNEEH.A hundred pounds a page.
كُلّ صَفْحَة, أَحْسَن يِرَجَّعُوك.kull SAF-7a, A7-san yi-rag-ga-3OOK.Every page, or else they'll send you back.
وِالتَّرْجَمَة بِتَاخُد قَدّ إِيه?wit-tar-GA-ma bi-TAA-khud 'add eeh?And how long does the translation take?
الخَمِيس, قَبْل اِتْنِين, أَحْسَن نِقْفِل.il-kha-MEES, 'abl it-NEEN, A7-san NI'-fil.Thursday, before two, or else we close.

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