Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
demonised
Arabic translation:
تعرضوا لتشويه السمعة
Added to glossary by
Mona Helal
Nov 17, 2005 02:33
18 yrs ago
English term
demonised
English to Arabic
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
"The ... Party aims to ensure legal protection of the rights and freedoms of those who have been unfairly victimised and demonised following the September 11 attacks"
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
5 +1 | وشوّهوا سمعة | Raouf Malek |
3 +2 | يصورهم على أنهم أشرار | Sam Berner |
4 +1 | تبغيض | Sami Khamou |
2 | مشيطن | Alexander Yeltsov |
Proposed translations
+1
6 hrs
Selected
وشوّهوا سمعة
وشوّهوا سمعة
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Comment: "I'm not 100% happy with
this choice but none of the other answers fit either. thanks anyway."
+2
13 mins
يصورهم على أنهم أشرار
يشين سمعتهم is a bit too vague. I am not aware of there being an equivalent, although I am sure that the action itself exists in any part of the world.
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http://arabic.cnn.com/2005/middle_east/10/5/demonize.islam/
uses يشيطن. Having grown up in Cairo, the term شيطنة had the meaning of being naughty, not evil. But I thought I'd mention it.
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http://arabic.cnn.com/2005/middle_east/10/5/demonize.islam/
uses يشيطن. Having grown up in Cairo, the term شيطنة had the meaning of being naughty, not evil. But I thought I'd mention it.
+1
1 hr
تبغيض
تبغيض
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-11-17 04:11:40 GMT)
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و اختتمت حركة الإصلاح الوطني بيانها بالقول ان هذا "السلوك غير الشرعي يشوش على المقاومة الشرعية و يعمل على تبغيض صورتها و تشويهها لدى الرأي العام في العالم العربي و الإسلامي و العالم اجمع".
http://www.elaph.com/ElaphWeb/Politics/2005/7/79212.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-11-17 04:12:54 GMT)
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أو تشويه الصورة
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Note added at 1 hr 38 mins (2005-11-17 04:11:40 GMT)
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و اختتمت حركة الإصلاح الوطني بيانها بالقول ان هذا "السلوك غير الشرعي يشوش على المقاومة الشرعية و يعمل على تبغيض صورتها و تشويهها لدى الرأي العام في العالم العربي و الإسلامي و العالم اجمع".
http://www.elaph.com/ElaphWeb/Politics/2005/7/79212.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-11-17 04:12:54 GMT)
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أو تشويه الصورة
18 hrs
مشيطن
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