Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Legion of Merit
Arabic translation:
وسام الآستحقاق الأمريكي
Added to glossary by
Ahmed Reffat
Dec 3, 2004 05:17
19 yrs ago
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English term
Officer US Legion of Merit
English to Arabic
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Military / Defense
This a decoration awarded to a military officer in the US.
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Proposed translations
(Arabic)
5 | وسام الاستحقاق الأمريكي | Ahmed Reffat |
5 | Legion of Merit (LOM) Award = wasaam al-sharf = وسام الشرف | Stephen Franke |
Proposed translations
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وسام الاستحقاق الأمريكي
This decoration is different from the French Legion of Honour,initiated in 1802, and officially translated as وسام الشرف
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Legion of Merit (LOM) Award = wasaam al-sharf = وسام الشرف
Greetings.
The US decoration of Legion of Merit (LOM) = wasaam al-sharf وسام الشرف
A visiting senior Arab military officer received this high award during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. I was present, and the accompanying military attache of the "sending country" translated the certificate of award of the LOM that way.
He later advised that while the literal Arabic term -- as others have kindly mentioned in this thread -- for merit = "istiHqaaq (deservedness or merit), the term "wasaam al-sharf" had become the customary equiavalent term used in formal situations.
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
The US decoration of Legion of Merit (LOM) = wasaam al-sharf وسام الشرف
A visiting senior Arab military officer received this high award during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. I was present, and the accompanying military attache of the "sending country" translated the certificate of award of the LOM that way.
He later advised that while the literal Arabic term -- as others have kindly mentioned in this thread -- for merit = "istiHqaaq (deservedness or merit), the term "wasaam al-sharf" had become the customary equiavalent term used in formal situations.
HTH.
Khair, in sha' Allah.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
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