الكتاب الصوتي عند المترجم.

The audiobook is with the translator.

Breakdown of الكتاب الصوتي عند المترجم.

• عند: at
• المترجم: the translator
• الكتاب الصوتي: the audiobook

Questions & Answers about الكتاب الصوتي عند المترجم.

How do you pronounce الكتاب الصوتي عند المترجم in Egyptian Arabic?

A common Egyptian-style pronunciation is:

el-ketāb eṣ-ṣōti ʿand el-motargem

A few notes:

• الكتاب → el-ketāb = the book
• الصوتي → eṣ-ṣōti = the audio / sound-related
  • The ال changes in pronunciation here because ص is a sun letter, so you hear eṣ- rather than el-
• عند → ʿand = at / with / in the possession of
• المترجم → el-motargem
  • In Egyptian Arabic, ج is usually pronounced like g in go

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like: el-ketab es-soti ʿand el-motargem.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Arabic often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense.

So:

• الكتاب الصوتي عند المترجم literally looks like the audiobook at the translator
• But it means The audiobook is with the translator or The audiobook is at the translator’s place

This is completely normal in both Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.

If you want a past or future meaning, then Arabic would normally use a verb, but in a present-tense sentence like this, no is is needed.