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Jan 3, 2008 22:53
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Arabic term

عقلي، ذهني، نفسي

Arabic to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
what is the translation of each of these three terms

context:
تخلف عقلي
اضطرابات ذهنية
صحة نفسية

Proposed translations

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mental, brain, psychological

تخلف عقلي mental retardation
اضطرابات ذهنية brain disorder
صحة نفسية psychological health

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-01-03 23:14:56 GMT)
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www.answers.com/mental retardation&r=67
www.brainaustralia.org.au/AZ_of_Brain_Disorders
www.sportengland.org/psychological_health.htm

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-01-04 11:14:33 GMT) Post-grading
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Hi ghia: an added note although you already closed the question (very quickly - thanks for the points). I actually agree with most answerers and ArabInk, as I would usually translate ذهني as "mental" as well, but seeing that you wanted two different terms, I figured "brain" might work here, and I still think that "brain disorder" can work (it includes e.g schizophrenia. But brain disorders are indeed much wider (another term for it which I just found is Encephalopathy), and can include any degenerative brain disease. If it's not too late, and it's alright to use the term "Mental" for both. Feel free to ask the moderator to give the points to someone else.
Peer comment(s):

disagree ArabInk : sorry I'm late, but: to me brain disorder specifically means a disorder of the organ (دماغ), not the mind (ذهن) - you can have a brain disorder without being affected mentally (e.g. dyslexia). So "mental disorder" seems more accurate. $0.02 ;)
1 hr
You may be right - please see note above.
agree Mohsin Alabdali
2 hrs
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21 mins

Mental disability,Mental disorder,psychiatric health

Mental disability
Mental disorder
psychiatric health
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21 mins

Mental

Mental Retardation
Mental Disorders
Mental Health

In this context, they are all the same. Seperately, they are Mental, Intellectual and Psychological respectively.

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35 mins

mental retardation/mental disorder/psychological health

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3 hrs

mental retardation, mental troubles,mental hygien

تخلف عقلي اي مريض عقليا، اضطرابات ذهنية اي مريض ذهنيا،صحة نفسي اي مرسض نفسياة

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-01-04 02:24:18 GMT) Post-grading
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* نفسيا * مريض
Example sentence:

يوجد طب اختصاص لكل من المرض العقلي و الذهني و النفسي

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