Ahmad Safwat
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Every one post his suggestions about how to translate the native idioms to English.
Decide what the idiom means in your native language - that is, what is its literal meaning.Every one post his suggestions about how to translate the native idioms to English.
Decide what the idiom means in your native language - that is, what is its literal meaning.
If you know an English idiom that has the same meaning, use it. If not, express the same idea in ordinary English.
That's a good way of handling things- translating idioms literally and then giving an explanation can work, but there's always a risk of making things confusing for the reader.
Thanks Tdol, but do you know a website has all idioms instead of words?
I think it's so hard .
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