Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
ملاعين الدنيا
English translation:
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
Added to glossary by
Mohamed Rehan
Feb 18, 2014 21:21
10 yrs ago
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Arabic term
ملاعين الدنيا
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
"انه شحّاذ من ملاعين الدنيا"
A quote from a short story talked about a little poor boy.
A quote from a short story talked about a little poor boy.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless |
Mohamed Rehan
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| 4 +3 | Wretched/cursed |
Fida Malki (X)
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| 4 | one of the cursed. |
KHALDUN ALQAYSI
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| 4 | damned people of the earth |
Marwa Shehata
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| 4 | Scum of the Earth |
Zeinab Alayan (X)
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Change log
Feb 18, 2014 21:26: Noura Tawil changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Feb 18, 2014 21:26: Noura Tawil changed "Language pair" from "Arabic to English" to "English to Arabic"
Feb 18, 2014 21:27: Noura Tawil changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Mar 4, 2014 11:17: Mohamed Rehan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
1 hr
Mohamed Rehan
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Your gate to the world of languages.
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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24
Selected
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
pitiful/miserable/unblessed/unhappy/luckless
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
16 mins
Wretched/cursed
He is a wretched soul or a cursed person
Peer comment(s):
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Awad Balaish
8 hrs
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Thank you!
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| agree |
sabbar
: the wretched/cursed of the world
6 days
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Thank you!
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| agree |
Faisal Alzawaideh (X)
15 days
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7 hrs
KHALDUN ALQAYSI
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
United Arab Emirates
Faithful Translation/Interpreting
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Jordanian)
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
one of the cursed.
Because he is one of other people who are cursed.
12 hrs
Marwa Shehata
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Passion for Translation
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
damned people of the earth
damned people of the earth
23 hrs
Scum of the Earth
"Scum" is by definition worse than dirt, something not even worth stepping onto. You could perhaps translate the phrase as:
"He was scum of the earth, a wretched beggar."
In case of a short story you can afford to be creative with your expressions. :)
"He was scum of the earth, a wretched beggar."
In case of a short story you can afford to be creative with your expressions. :)
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