Glossary entry (derived from question below)
أنجليزي term or phrase:
A hot shot
عربي translation:
شخص مندفع/أهوج/أرعن
Added to glossary by
Nadia Ayoub
Jan 26, 2011 21:05
13 yrs ago
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أنجليزي term
A hot shot
أنجليزي إلى عربي
الفن/الأدب
التعبيرات الاصطلاحية \ الأمثال \ الأقوال المأثورة
A hot shot is a person -- often a young person -- who thinks he can do anything. At least he wants to try. He is very sure he can succeed. But often he fails. The expression was born in the military forces. A hot shot was a soldier who fired without aiming carefully.
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Proposed translations
(عربي)
4 +4 | شخص مندفع/أهوج/أرعن | Nadia Ayoub |
5 | شخصية جهنمية/قنبلة ذرية | Noha Kamal, PhD. |
5 -1 | شخصية همجية غير منظمة | Eid Ibrahim |
4 -1 | متخلف | Ahmed Maher |
Change log
Feb 9, 2011 09:31: Nadia Ayoub Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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شخص مندفع/أهوج/أرعن
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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شخصية جهنمية/قنبلة ذرية
the second option to be used figuratively of course
Peer comment(s):
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TAKOAS (X)
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ahmadwadan.com
: Proposed translation denotes a positive meaning which is on the contrary with definition (But often he fails).
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-1
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شخصية همجية غير منظمة
شخصية همجية غير منظمة
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
ahmadwadan.com
: (همجية) is faraway from provided definition.
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-1
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متخلف
A hot shot is a slang term that needs to be translated in the same way. The terms suggested by Nadia and Eid is great, but it is not slang ones.
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
ahmadwadan.com
: (متخلف) is faraway from provided definition.
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