Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
تأثير جوهري ضار
English translation:
material adverse effect
Arabic term
Netherlands
Legal, business, literary experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
تأثير جوهري ضار
May 13, 2009 06:38: hassan zekry Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
experience, professionalism and accuracy
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
material adverse effect
Adverse impact
Used particularly in employment practices and contracts, see link
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Note added at 23 mins (2009-04-29 08:35:33 GMT)
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But also used in a general sense of having negative effect on the contract/ agreement.
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Note added at 27 mins (2009-04-29 08:39:29 GMT)
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Widipedia page on "Material Adverse Change" is quite useful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_adverse_change
Egypt
(EN-AR) Certified Translator/Proofreader
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Germany
OTTOMAN Language Expert
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) , Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Ottoman to English, English to Turkish, and 8 more.
principal prejudicial effect
detrimental, substantial effect
damaged substantial influence
adjective [before noun] FORMAL
relating to the main or most important things being considered:
influence
noun [C or U]
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this:
influential
adjective
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=40672&dict=CALD
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=79480&dict=CALD
Sudan
Translation is a responsibily
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Critical damaging effect
Türkiye
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Conference Interpreting & Translation -
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Turkish to Arabic, and 5 more.
Substantial negative impact
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