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Arabic translation: على نحو ماكر شرير

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English term or phrase:	Evil Orwellian way
Arabic translation:	على نحو ماكر شرير
Entered by:	Noha Kamal, PhD.

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09:42 Apr 18, 2007

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English term or phrase: Evil Orwellian way

Full text:
That's what good schools are for, to shape you not brainwash yo in some evil, Orwellian way.

I guess that refers to George Orwell, right? and how to put that in Arabic!

Khaled El-Mancy KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (1 open) Answers: 50
Local time: 14:22

على نحو ماكر شرير

Explanation:
Khaled, I'd drop the reference altogether, if I were you. Very few of the audience would know who George Orwell is! Go for a simple straightforward meaning.

Selected response from:

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 14:22

Grading comment

Thanks a lot for your help and I wasn't going to mention the refernce at all :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

على نحو ماكر شرير

Noha Kamal, PhD.

بطريقة تضليلية خبيثة

Abdelmonem Samir

على طريقة الأخ الأكبر في رواية أورويل

Yasser El Helw

طريقة التجسس والتوجيه

Shazly

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

7 mins confidence:

evil orwellian way بطريقة تضليلية خبيثة

Explanation:
That's how I'd put it. If I to choose a word or two to summ up this definition:

"An attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past "

I would say:
تضليل أو تضليل إعلامي

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Note added at 9 mins (2007-04-18 09:51:23 GMT)
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"I'm to choose", sorry, I was brainwashed by the question :)

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian

Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 14:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

evil orwellian way

على نحو ماكر شرير

Explanation:
Khaled, I'd drop the reference altogether, if I were you. Very few of the audience would know who George Orwell is! Go for a simple straightforward meaning.

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 14:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Thanks a lot for your help and I wasn't going to mention the refernce at all :)

28 mins confidence:

evil orwellian way طريقة التجسس والتوجيه

Explanation:
الرقابة اللصيقة والتوجيه كما في شخصية "الأخ الأكبر" لجورج أورويل
لعل النص يشير هنا إلى طريقة "الأخ الأكبر" في رواية "مزرعة الحيوانات" لجورج أورويل في التجسس على الفرد حتى وهو يقضي حاجته في دورات المياه! وإرهابه بصور الزعيم في كل مكان حتى يصبح مثل ظله يلاحقه حيثما ذهب على الطريقة الأورويلية

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Note added at 29 mins (2007-04-18 10:11:23 GMT)
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التجسس والتوجيه بشكل ارهابي

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 14:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 66

2 hrs confidence:

evil orwellian way على طريقة الأخ الأكبر في رواية أورويل

Explanation:
"Big brother" being the villain of 1974 (did I get the year right?)!

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-18 11:56:08 GMT)
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It seems I am ten years off target. The correct date is 1984!

Yasser El Helw
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English

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