Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 19, 2011 11:48
13 yrs ago
Arabic term
United Kingdom
33 years of experience
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, German to English
ياللعار
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Libyan
Occurs after "one of them said..." in an article about 2 men giving a speech each
as in
وقال احدهم ياللعار,
Many thanks in advance for your ideas
as in
وقال احدهم ياللعار,
Many thanks in advance for your ideas
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
May 3, 2011 06:17: Hassan Lotfy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+5
2 mins
Hassan Lotfy
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
Egypt
Excellent Quality
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
What a shame
What a shame
Example sentence:
What a shame
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 min
hassan zekry
Native in Arabic
Works in field
experience, professionalism and accuracy
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
135
what a disgrace
.
+2
3 mins
Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Egypt
My Passion: Legal Language
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English
Related KudoZ points
:
24
Oh, What a Shame!
ترجمة مباشرة
+1
3 mins
Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
124
what an outrage!
This is outrageous!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Khalid W
: I agree -- although عار by itself is roughly 'shame', يا للعار is stronger than "oh, what a shame", which doesn't really assign any blame in English.
16 hrs
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Many thanks Khalid :)
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6 mins
Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
Türkiye
Türkiye
Specializes in field
Türkiye
Halil Ibrahim Tutuncuoglu "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh"
"The best is yet to come."
Native in: Turkish
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish
What a pity!
What a pity!
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