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نعم، عندي گطيعة في ظهري.

English translation: Muscle strain in my back

08:10 Nov 23, 2013
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Medical - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Interpreting for a patient from Sudan
Arabic term or phrase: نعم، عندي گطيعة في ظهري.
Greeting fellow translators,

What would be the best translation of the phrase ( نعم، عندي گطيعة في ظهري. ) into English?

Here is the context:

The doctor asked this question to the client: Do you have any other medical problems ?
The patient replied in Arabic: نعم، عندي گطيعة في ظهري.
‘andi gaTee’a fii Dhahri.

The patient also mentioned in relation to his reply (دم فاسد في ظهره) and that this problem is related to lifting heavy weight in Sudan. Because he could not speak MSA (well), he could not say what he meant using the Modern Standard Arabic when I requested from him to say that in MSA.

I appreciate all your help and please provide explanation/comments. And what does the word (گطيعة) in Sudanese Arabic mean in the first place?

Thank you!
Haytham
Haytham Boles
United States
Local time: 01:54
English translation:Muscle strain in my back
Explanation:
I asked a Sudanese friend, she says it's the same as tamazzoq

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-11-23 12:43:06 GMT)
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Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 10:54
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Summary of answers provided
4bloodletting in my back
Doaa Alnajjar
3Muscle strain in my back
Linda Al-Bairmani


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Muscle strain in my back


Explanation:
I asked a Sudanese friend, she says it's the same as tamazzoq

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-11-23 12:43:06 GMT)
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http://www.alaydeyah.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1046

Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 10:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
I find this answer more helpful.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot Linda for your suggested translation. I am still confused about the correct translation in this context. Would it be MUSCLE STRAIN IN MY BACK or BLOOD LETTING IN MY BACK as suggested by our colleage Doaa. The patient was referring to both things in the course of conversation. Any further helpful comments? Thanks.

Asker: Thanks so much for your help, Linda!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bloodletting in my back


Explanation:
گطيعة: ندبة ناتجة عن قطع أو جرح عملية جراحية أو عمليات تداوي. والمريض يقصد هنا التشريحات بالمشرط التي عملت له في عملية حجامة لإخراج الدم الفاسد من جسمه.

عملية الحجامة هي عملية من الطب النبوي يقوم فيها المعالج بتشريط أماكن معينة في الجسم يقال أنها أماكن تجمع الدم الفاسد في الجسم المسؤول عن الكثير من الأمراض، ثم يقوم المعالج باستخدم أكواب هوائية لشفط أكبر كمية من الدم الفاسد من هذه الأماكن.

أنا أعرف أن هذا اللفظ بدوي ويستخدم عند بدو الخليج واليمن لكن أول مرة أسمعه من سودانيين كذلك.

Taking history of one of my patients, I heard this term too but he was from Iraq actually.

HTH

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-11-23 09:39:01 GMT)
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bloodletting is also called cupping sometime.

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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2013-11-24 19:31:06 GMT)
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Thanks Hytham for your note. I was also confused my the brilliant answer from Linda, but I thought, medically, bloodletting can cause muscle strain feeling if cuts are made in the cervical vertebra area of the back.

However, muscle strains do not cause decadent blood دم فاسد that needs bloodletting. Decadent blood is a cumulative result of metabolic reactions inside the body.

HTH :)

Doaa Alnajjar
Canada
Local time: 02:54
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your suggested translation, Doaa. I am still perplexed about the correct translation considering the fact that the patient mentioned both bloodletting in the back and a problem with the back related to heavy weight lifting. What do you think is the connection between the two that he was implying? I appreciate your further comments!

Asker: Many thanks, Doaa! I appreciate the detailed explanation you made.

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