Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
what was always good enough is no longer acceptable
English translation:
ما كان يعد دائمًا مرضيًا تمامًا لم يعد مقبولا الأن بالمرة
Added to glossary by
Noha Mostafa
Jul 13, 2009 10:34
15 yrs ago
Arabic term
what was always good enough is no longer acceptable
Arabic to English
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Human Resources
The companies had been thrown into the cut and thrust of regional as well as global competition to find that what was always good enough is no longer acceptable.
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Aug 12, 2009 14:00: Noha Mostafa Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Noha Mostafa
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
MITI | EN/AR/EN Certified Translator
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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4
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ما كان يعد دائمًا مرضيًا تمامًا لم يعد مقبولا الأن بالمرة
لتجد أن ما كان يعد دائمًا ملائمًا تمامًا لم يعد مقبولا الآن البتة
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
20 mins
Muhammad Essam
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
The key to perfect translations is here!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
ما كان مناسبًا بما فيه الكفاية فيما مضى أصبح الآن غير مقبول
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31 mins
Abdelmonem Samir
Native in Arabic
your Arabic language partner
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
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8
ما كان يعد كافياً فيما مضى لم يعد كذلك الآن
another suggestion
37 mins
ما كان مرضيا سابقا أصبح الآن غير مقبولا
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8 hrs
ما كان في السابق على الدوام كافيا لم يعد الآن مقبولا
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Discussion
You might advise the original writer of that English-language text to edit and perhaps re-write, that line, or at least to add some missing punctuation to insure clarity.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California