Oct 27, 2023 13:55
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Arabic term
معشر الكلاب
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
Does this mean a pack of dogs? It's a woman talking about how she is spending her life getting her revenge on men.
ومنذ ذلك الوقت، أصبحت أنتقم من الرجال بأن أتحصّل على أموالهم، معشر الكلاب
It's from a North African text.
Thanks!
Does this mean a pack of dogs? It's a woman talking about how she is spending her life getting her revenge on men.
ومنذ ذلك الوقت، أصبحت أنتقم من الرجال بأن أتحصّل على أموالهم، معشر الكلاب
It's from a North African text.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | [You] bunch of scoundrels |
Yassine El Bouknify
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| 4 | pack of dogs |
Lamine Boukabour
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| 4 | those dogs |
John Colangelo
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Proposed translations
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19 mins
Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya) 
, Berber (Other) (Variants: Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 21 more.
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185
Selected
[You] bunch of scoundrels
In Moroccan society, dogs carry an unfavourable connotation and are employed as a derogatory term. I'm uncertain whether this holds true in other Arab nations. Nevertheless, in European societies, they symbolize a dependable and sincere companion to a considerable extent.
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Comment: "Thanks!"
4 mins
Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Algeria
Native in Arabic
Algeria
Every Word Matters
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Algerian)
Works in: English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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94
pack of dogs
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Note added at 7 mins (2023-10-27 14:03:31 GMT)
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It means a group here.
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Note added at 7 mins (2023-10-27 14:03:31 GMT)
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It means a group here.
6 days
John Colangelo
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Arabic/Spanish >English
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Arabic to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
those dogs
She despises men and I think this flows with the text in English.
"And since then, I started getting even with men by taking away their money, those dogs."
"And since then, I started getting even with men by taking away their money, those dogs."
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