Feb 26, 2021 17:03
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Arabic term

على وجه الصحة

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Novel
كانت تلك الشتيمة المقذعة لأمي كدوي قنبلة انفجرت بالقرب مني، بالرغم من أنها أصابتني بالصمم للحظات إلا أنها تُحمل على وجه الصحة، لقد أتت في سياق السب والشتم والغضب. "بنت المفعول بها" هذا التعبير السوقي صحيح، وهو إحدى حقائق الحياة. لا كائن يتنفس أو يتحرك إلا ويدخل تحت هذه الحقيقة، كل كائن يتنفس هو نتاج تزاوج حدث بين ذكر وأنثى، حتى الكهرباء التي تحرك العالم "بنت مفعول بها"... تتزاوج الشحنات الموجبة مع الشحنات السالبة فيتحرك العالم وفق هذه الحقيقة

Discussion

Ikram BERKACHE Feb 28, 2021:
that can be taken as a fact Dispite being an insult but there is a true side of it, a fact.
Yassine El Bouknify Feb 26, 2021:
Since the writer is judging his father's behaviour it's obvious he's thinking of the validity of his father's sayings. In other words, he doesn't like what he said to his mother. However, he's trying to be objective regarding what he heard.
على الرغم is a concession. So, I hope it's clear

Proposed translations

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Arabic term (edited): تُحمل على وجه الصحة

can be taken literally

The author means that yes, it was meant as an insult, but it's also a fact that people have to have sex for life to go on and there's no shame in that.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mai975
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valid

تحمل على وجه الصحة
its weight is valid
Its heaviness is valid
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agree Linda Al-Bairmani
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it is a fact/ a reality

The entire context confirms this meaning. Everything is a fact the writer says.
إحدى حقائق الحياة
لا كائن يتنفس أو يتحرك إلا ويدخل تحت هذه الحقيقة
حتى الكهرباء
Peer comment(s):

agree Fuad Yahya : إلا أنها تُحمل على وجه الصحة: It is nonetheless or can be construed as factually accurate.
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Great blending! Thanks Yahya.
agree TargamaT team
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Thank you
agree Diya Takrouri : taken to be a fact - https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2012713.pdf
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Thanks Dia
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