Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
chain stores
Arabic translation:
متاجر متعددة الفروع
English term
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Native in: French 
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Works in: English to French, French to Arabic, English to Arabic
chain stores
Non-PRO (1): Assem Mazloum
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Türkiye
Technical Legal Translator
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
متاجر متعددة الفروع
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-09-28 20:18:22 GMT)
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Chain store is a multi-branch store which has many branches and is owned by one company/firm. That means in Arabic متجر متعدد الفروع
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Assem Mazloum
: your translation means " Multi-branch Stores* and yes, you missed the translation of THE important word "series", sorry.
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Dear Assem, seems you mistook "chain store" for "chain of stores", plz verify. Thanks
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Mohammed Abu-Risha
: هذا أقرب للواقع. يعني مثل مكدوتالدز وغيره. نحن في العربية العامية نقول: له فروع في كافة انحاء العالم وهم في الانجليزية يقولون chain stores.
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Right you are. Thanks a lot for your valuable input.
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Samah Soliman
: أتفق مع متجر متعدد الفروع وليس متاجر – ولكن هل يدل على هذه الفروع في أماكن مختلفة
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أهلا سماح... رمضان كريم.. أنا قلت متاجر لأن الكلمة في الجمع كما أوضح السائل... وقد تكون الفروع في أماكن مختلفة أو مكان واحد... شكراً جزيلاً
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zkt
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Merci ya Zeina
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AhmedAMS
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Thanks Ahmed
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Egypt
Helping Clinical Researchers Save Lives
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
سلسلة مخازن/ متاجر
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Assem Mazloum
: سبقتني هاهاهاا موافق this is the most common translation thank you
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thanks profi _ assem
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ahmadwadan.com
: سلسلة متاجر مثل كارفور، دبنهامز، زارا، نكست...الخ
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thanks
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Mohammed Abu-Risha
: لعلي أتخيل عندما أسمع هذه العبارة: محللات تجارية جنب بعضها البعض. ما رأيكم؟
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لأرى أى مشكلة أستاذى الفاضل فمجموعة فروع أو سلسلة محلات تجارية أو مخازن تجارية أو مخازن أو متاجر جميعها صحيحة فالمصطلح ليس بالطبي أو بالهندسي لكي نبذل كل هذا العناء - تحياتى
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Saleh Ayyub
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thanks
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Samya Salem (X)
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THANKS
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Egypt
Quality communicates you with Arab world
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Syrian, UAE, Jordanian, Kuwaiti, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Saudi )
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, German to Arabic
سلسلة محلات تجارية
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/elt/newsid_6247000/6247711.s...
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you can transalte it (متاجر متعددة الفروع) ,
http://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=ar&q=chain stores متاجر م...
Chain stores (also called retail chains) are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardized business methods and practices. They are a type of business chain. Such stores may be branches owned by one company or franchises owned by local individuals or firms and operated under contract with the parent corporation. Features common to all chains are centralized marketing and purchasing, which often result in economies of scale, meaning lower costs and presumably higher profits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_chain
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Assem Mazloum
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تكرم عينك، مين اللي سبق واكل النبق
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Saleh Ayyub
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Thanks Brother Saleh, Happy Ramadan
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proven quality translation work
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Yemeni, Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
متاجر سلسلية/ محلات سلسلية
http://www.100svar.dk/laering_frame.asp?id=119&sprog=AB.
http://arabic.peopledaily.com.cn/31659/6247179.html
فروع متعددة لمتجر .....
ولا تدل على إنها فروع لاسم متجر واحد في أماكن مختلفة
لذلك أقترح
فروع متعددة لمتجر .....
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