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تبرع بإفشاء التألم

English translation: express their pain/agony at

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Arabic term or phrase:تبرع بإفشاء التألم
English translation:express their pain/agony at
Entered by: Aljobury

17:32 Feb 28, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: تبرع بإفشاء التألم
This is from the same Lebanese short story as in my other question. The sentence is:

أخشى أن لا يمر وقت طويل حتى تشعري بأنك أقدمت على خطوة خاطئة، هذا إذا لم يتبرع الجيران والأصحاب والأصدقاء بإفشاء تألمهم لحالتك وكذالك أمك، وأبوك وأخواتتك

The first part is clear. The writer feels that his girlfriend would soon feel that she had made a mistake, but the rest afterwards doesn't seem to make sense. The second part of the conditional sentence seems to be missing. Does he mean that not only the girl would suffer but also her friends, neighbors etc.
Olaf (X)
Local time: 07:29
express their pain/agony at
Explanation:
Good luck
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Aljobury
Egypt
Local time: 08:29
Grading comment
Thanks, Sahar.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4express their pain/agony at
Aljobury
4 +1volunteer to express their concerns about your case
AhmedAMS
4 +1bother to sympathize with you
Abdul Aziz Dammad
4volunteered their expressions of sympathy for you
randam
4Volunteer their sympathy
Mohamed Ghazal


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
express their pain/agony at


Explanation:
Good luck

Aljobury
Egypt
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks, Sahar.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Dardeer: simple and to the point!
26 mins
  -> مشكور أخي صالح
agree  Amira Mansour
52 mins
  -> thank you Amira. Hope all is well with you
agree  Mohsin Alabdali
6 hrs
agree  Khalid Nasir: إذا لم يتبرع الجيران والأصحاب والأصدقاء بإفشاء تألمهم لحالتك ?? يا له من تعبير ملهم ! الم يجد الكاتب تعبيراً آخرا ، وكأني أمام ترجمة حرفية أو by translation machine
1 day 16 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
volunteer to express their concerns about your case


Explanation:


AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 09:29
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noha Mostafa: agree
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thank you very much.
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
volunteered their expressions of sympathy for you


Explanation:
Two interpretations:
Either he wants to say that everyone volunteers their sympathy towards her ( including her mother, father and brothers)
OR: They express their sympathy towards her ِAND her mother, father and brothers.
The way the sentence is written, I believe it is the first option. Because if I were to express the second interpretation, I would have re-written to avoid ambiguity:
إذا لم يتبرع الجيران والأصحاب والأصدقاء بإفشاء تألمهم لحالتك ولحالة أمك، وأبوك وأخواتتك
You have to take your clues from the rest of the passage.

randam
Local time: 07:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bother to sympathize with you


Explanation:
تبرع ليس لها معنى التبرع المعروف هنا و لكن لها معنا اذا تاثروا و كلفوا انفسهم ان يشاركوا في الشعور بالالم

Abdul Aziz Dammad
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rasha El-Gabry: I agree completely with you and sure this is the right meaning. we can say also: if they would bother to express their sympathy with you
3 days 13 hrs
  -> yep,..many thanks
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Volunteer their sympathy


Explanation:


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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-02-29 00:00:21 GMT)
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I think the first part of the sentence satisfies the condition, i.e. "Unless they volunteer their sympathy, you'd soon feel that you've made a grave mistake".

Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 09:29
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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