Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
عاملة منزلية
English translation:
domestic worker
Arabic term
عاملة منزلية
| 5 +10 | domestic worker |
Fuad Yahya
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| 5 +2 | Housemaid |
Ahmed Ahmed
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| 5 -1 | house keeper |
Hossam Ahmed
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Proposed translations
domestic worker
Housemaid
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Note added at 10 mins (2006-12-11 04:33:29 GMT)
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Housemaid: a woman servant whose job is to clean a particular usually large house and who often lives there
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Hossam Ahmed
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Thanks Hossam
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duraid
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Thank you Duraid
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Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.
: Unless we know that the person or persons were ALL female, this is insulting in English. The taa' marbuuTa would indicate that they are all women, but, in my opinion, this translation is too risky without more context. سلام
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Mr. Halahulla said عاملة منزلية and you can't tell whether she's a woman or not!!
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Nesrin
: عاملة منزلية is a more general term (domestic worker) - in a rich household a maid would be just one of many: the cook, cleaner, butler etc.//Agree w. dictionary definition of maid (of course!) but what I mean is that the Arabic term is wider than that.
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Thanks Nesrin but Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as (a girl or woman who is a servant employed to do housework) .. Cambridge Dictionary >(a woman servant whose job is to clean a particular usually large house and who often lives there).
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zax
: female
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house keeper
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Brett Richards, B.S., M.B.A.
: Unless we know that the person or persons were ALL female, this is insulting in English. The taa' marbuuTaa would indicate that they are women, but, in my opinion, this translation is too risky without more context. سلام
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Not sure I understand. The source text indicates that the passport/visa belongs to a lady. mmmm, why is "housekeeper" an offensive term?
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Nesrin
: I'd say a housekeeper is one kind of عاملة منزلية, but you can imagine in a big (rich) household there could be several domestic workers, e.g a cook, a cleaner, a butler etc.
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thanks, Nesrin. I actually agree with you.
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