Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Foreigners seem more foreign
Arabic translation:
الأجانب يبدون أكثر غربة
Added to glossary by
Shazly
Sep 11, 2005 14:43
18 yrs ago
English term
Foreigners seem more foreign
English to Arabic
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
General
A conversation between two persons in a Western country
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
1 +3 | الأجانب يبدون أكثر غربة | Shazly |
3 | إن الأجانب يبدون أكثر أجنبية | Ziad Marzouka |
3 | يبدو الأغراب أكثر غرابةً/انفصالاً/انعزالاً | Hazem Hamdy |
Proposed translations
+3
33 mins
Selected
الأجانب يبدون أكثر غربة
التقاء الغرباء يجعلهم أكثر غربة
وهناك مثل شعبي يقول الغريب غريب ولو كان أريب
وهناك مثل شعبي يقول الغريب غريب ولو كان أريب
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Iman Khaireddine
: تزداد غربة الأجانب غربةً
11 mins
|
agree |
Dina Abdo
42 mins
|
agree |
Mazyoun
1 day 21 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you Shazly. My thanks also go to all the other participating and supporting colleagues."
5 mins
إن الأجانب يبدون أكثر أجنبية
try to google " أكثر أجنبية", it is used in Arabic
39 mins
يبدو الأغراب أكثر غرابةً/انفصالاً/انعزالاً
The choice out of those three alternatives would depend on the context. Does the speaker mean that foreigners seem to be stranger or more alienated/isolated?
Discussion
First person: society has change a lot since I was you. I was in the center of the town I saw a lot of people from all over the world.
Second person: Yes, but people from all over the world have always lived here.
After the sentence:
The world has got smaller.Besides, a lot of foreigners have become citizens and many were born here.
The conversation is about a Nordic country and the two speakers are both nationals of the same country.