Jul 31, 2022 17:41
1 yr ago
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Arabic term

يحسسهم بالعفونة

Arabic to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,

I'm working on a Sudanese text. I know this means 'rot' or 'mold' but I don't get how it works with the verb here.

هي تريد أن تحظى باسم أفضل لا يذكّر الناس بالمراحيض، لا يحرضهم على الضحك أو يحسسهم بالعفونة

Make them feel rot? (which doesn't make sense to me)

Thank you!

Proposed translations

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13 mins
Selected

make them feel disgusted

toilets are disgusting sometimes (if not all the time)😅. So, toilets correlate with feeling disgusted.
العفونة لها علاقة بالرائحة المقززة
it's not good to literally translate it :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Youssef Chabat : This is the right meaning, as it’s not about the smell, but the feeling that the name triggers in them.
18 mins
I really appreciate your input dear Youssef :)
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+2
5 mins

Let them smell mustiness

Let them smell mustiness
Peer comment(s):

agree Abd Alrahman Almidani
3 mins
شكرًا جزيلًا
neutral Youssef Chabat : When we are in material presence of something, being IN the toilets for example.
31 mins
How we can feel mustiness? So we smell it...
agree Saleh Dardeer
19 hrs
شكرًا جزيلًا
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