(17) When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,[1529] seated on the right and on the left.
[1529]- And record each word and deed.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 17. (Remember) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being),[1] one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions).[2]
[1] A (V.50:17) Narrated ‘Âishah رضي الله عنها The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: The deeds of the following three persons are not recorded by the pen:
1. A sleeping person till he wakes up.
2. A child till he reaches the age of puberty.
3. An insane person till he becomes sane.
This Hadith is quoted by An-Nasâ’i, The Book of Divorce. Chap.21.
[2] B (V.50:17) See the footnote (B) of (V.6:61).
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

As the two Receiver (Angels) receive, on the right (hand) and on the left (hand), constantly seated.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

(Remember!) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions).
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
— Pickthall - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left.
— Sahih International - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

(50:17) Moreover, there are two scribes, one each sitting on the right and
the left, recording everything.
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left:
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

when the two receiving angels receive (every human act to record it), seated (one) on the right and (one) on the left.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

As the two recording-angels—˹one˺ sitting to the right, and ˹the other to˺ the left—note ˹everything˺,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ

As the two recording-angels—˹one˺ sitting to the right, and ˹the other to˺ the left—note ˹everything˺,
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
When the two angel scribes, constantly accompanying him, one on the right, and the other on the left.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
17. When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left. When the two receiving angels receive his deeds: one sitting on his right, and the other seated on his left.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
with two receptors set to record, one on his right and one on his left,
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي