Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
مارست غربتي حتى الثمالة
English translation:
Experienced extreme alienation
Added to glossary by
Khalid W
Nov 19, 2015 21:07
8 yrs ago
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Arabic term
مارست غربتي حتى الثمالة
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
شهدت الانتخابات النّيابية التي جرت عام 2005 عودة الطّوائف المذعورة، لتعيد البلاد إلى الانقسامات العمودية التفكيكية، ولتدفع المواطنين مجددًا الى سجن الطّوائف، الذي عاد كهّانه لافتراس الذاكرة، ولإقصاء الآخر وإلغائه من دون تمييز أو حياء. يومها هالني مشهد الاصطفافات الطّائفية التي ولدّها الحدث المريع، ومارست غربتي حتى الثّمالة.
The author is Lebanese. I'm unfamiliar with the expression مارست غربتي however...can anyone enlighten me?
The author is Lebanese. I'm unfamiliar with the expression مارست غربتي however...can anyone enlighten me?
Change log
Nov 20, 2015 11:39: TargamaT team changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Proposed translations
35 mins
Selected
Experienced extreme alienation
الثمالة.. here is used to explain high level of alienation
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This captures the idea the best. Thanks!"
19 mins
Lotfi Abdolhaleem
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Egypt
Perfection? An inherent nature of mine!
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
Works in: Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
lived the extremest alienage
عشت أقصى غربة لي
18 hrs
Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
Lebanon
Science, UN agencies, NGOs, Corporations
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
38
Arabic term (edited):
... ومارست غربتي حتى الثمالة
... and I dissociated myself to intoxication
Suggestion - I could convey it as follows:
ومارست غربتي حتى الثّمالة...
(1) and I dissociated myself to intoxication.
(2) and I towed out in disgust.
(That is, 'stayed out of it to the end'.
One could say those elections made such a deplorable, hopeless scene where drinking away to that failure was to keep sane, figuratively)
20 hrs
Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Saudi Arabia
Translation is an informative profission
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
65
I lived my alienation to the intoxication
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Discussion
أظن أنه يصح أيضاً استعمال: الثُمالة ، كاستعارة ، شبّه فيها ما عايشه بالشراب الذي تجرّعه عن آخر قطرة فيه.ا