Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

فرز طبقي

English translation:

Class stratification

Added to glossary by zax
Dec 21, 2006 10:26
17 yrs ago
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Arabic term

فرز طبقي

Arabic to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Gulf society
What is the correct English word describing the above?
It is the process where society is divided into different social classes. The Arabic expression implies movement and change to a previous social structure.
The text is about Gulf countries.
Thanks in advance.

Proposed translations

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Class stratification

z
Peer comment(s):

agree AhmedAMS
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Thanks, Ahmed
neutral sal4trans : Class = stratum(pl.:strata), hence "class stratification" would be some kind of a circumlocution. You could say "social stratification"
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"social stratification" is also good. Thanks.
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Social Re-classfication

what do you think
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agree AhmedAMS
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Thanks AhnedAMS
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class division

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Class mobility

If this is about moving from a class to another, then it is "class mobility"
Otherwise, the word-for-word translation is "class screening"

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Note added at 12 hrs (2006-12-21 23:12:18 GMT)
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"social stratification" is used in sociology books to describe the various classes/strata in a society.
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class categorization

class categorization
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agree Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
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Thank you Hebat-Allah
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social classification

إن الفرز هنا بمعنى التقسيم، والتقسيم الطبقي للمجتمع هو المصطلح عاليه
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