Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
euphemism
Arabic translation:
تعبير لطيف
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bgeer (X)
May 29, 2008 13:15
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English term
bgeer (X)
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euphemism
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
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I'm looking for a way to translate the phrase "X is a euphemism for Y", as in:
"Visually impaired" is a euphemism for "blind".
"Overweight" is a euphemism for "fat".
"Visually impaired" is a euphemism for "blind".
"Overweight" is a euphemism for "fat".
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Saleh Dardeer
Native in Arabic
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لطف التعبير
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in your context we may say
X تعبير لطيف لY
أو
تعبير خفيف الوطأة ل...
HTH
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in your context we may say
X تعبير لطيف لY
أو
تعبير خفيف الوطأة ل...
HTH
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Comment: "Thanks, that works perfectly."
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ahmadwadan.com
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia
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لطف/تلطف في التعبيير/تعبيير لطيف/ألطف من
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عذرا على الخطأ المطبعي في "تعبير".
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عذرا على الخطأ المطبعي في "تعبير".
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Neamaat Shehatah
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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تعبير لطيف عن شئ سئ أو محرج
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و(مصطلح) "ضعيف البصر " تعبيرألطف و أقل حدة من كلمة "أعمى" ...على سبيل المثال والله أعلم
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-05-29 13:26:07 GMT)
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و(مصطلح) "ضعيف البصر " تعبيرألطف و أقل حدة من كلمة "أعمى" ...على سبيل المثال والله أعلم
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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Marwa Shehata
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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