Glossary entry

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

Discussion

Sami Khamou (asker) Sep 11, 2005:
Before & After Before the sentence
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.
Fuad Yahya Sep 11, 2005:
What was said before, and what was said after?
Sami Khamou (asker) Sep 11, 2005:
Nationals of the same country Add Note showed up again! As I mentioned to A Nabil in a direct e-mail:
The conversation is about a Nordic country and the two speakers are both nationals of the same country.
Hazem Hamdy Sep 11, 2005:
More diverse relevant to the locals (i.e. more distant compared to the local culture), or more diverse among themselves, i.e. there are more and more foreign cultures emerging in that country?
A Nabil Bouitieh Sep 11, 2005:
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Sami Khamou (asker) Sep 11, 2005:
cultural diversity The conversation is about foreigners in that country being more culturally and ethnically diverse now than before.

Proposed translations

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الأجانب يبدون أكثر غربة

التقاء الغرباء يجعلهم أكثر غربة

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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. 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
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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?
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