Clarifying responsibility for an action

A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Read the English text first, then check the translation. This reading intentionally brings the unit examples together in context. Note the main idea and two expressions you could use.

Text and translation

It was the coordinator who proposed the revised schedule, but the whole team approved it. The distinction matters because a proposal is not the same as a final decision. What the minutes should record is both the source of the suggestion and the agreed outcome. It was after the discussion that the change became a shared commitment. Attributing the entire decision to one person would therefore be misleading. Clear emphasis should sharpen the meaning without removing relevant context.

المنسق هو من اقترح الجدول المعدل، لكن الفريق كله وافق عليه. هذا التمييز مهم لأن المقترح ليس قرارًا نهائيًا. ما ينبغي أن يسجله المحضر هو مصدر الاقتراح والنتيجة المتفق عليها معًا. لم يصبح التغيير التزامًا مشتركًا إلا بعد النقاش. لذلك، سيكون إسناد القرار بأكمله إلى شخص واحد مضللًا. ينبغي أن يزيد التأكيد الواضح المعنى دقة دون حذف السياق ذي الصلة.

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1. Choose the closest Arabic meaning of this expression: What the minutes should record is both the source of the suggestion and the agreed outcome.
2. Choose the English expression that matches this meaning: ينبغي أن يزيد التأكيد الواضح المعنى دقة دون حذف السياق ذي الصلة.
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