Apr 3, 2021 13:19
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arabic translator
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Egyptian, Syrian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
big deal
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English to Arabic
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the writer is trying to indicate that the things he mentioned are not important enough, using "big deal" in its ironic sense. how can we translate "big deal" into Arabic, while conveying the same irony?
text:
When we, when we formed empires and empires got overturned,
when we tried democracy, when we invented zero
and mathematics and fundamental discoveries about the universe,
big deal.
It just, the numbers don't change very much.
text:
When we, when we formed empires and empires got overturned,
when we tried democracy, when we invented zero
and mathematics and fundamental discoveries about the universe,
big deal.
It just, the numbers don't change very much.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +2 | ما شاء الله، عظمة على عظمة |
Fuad Yahya
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| 4 | ومن يهتم/وان يكن/وما اهمية ذلك/غير مهم |
Z-Translations Translator
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| 3 | ويا لها من انجازات مصيبة /أليست بالإنجازات المصيبة |
Diya Takrouri
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Change log
Apr 3, 2021 23:30: Murad AWAD changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (write-in)" from "sayings" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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ما شاء الله، عظمة على عظمة
"Big deal" here is used sarcastically, meaning "this is not a big deal." You can use the same approach in Arabic, using expressions (preferably low-brow) commonly used to glorify achievements, when you mean the opposite.
ما شاء الله
عظمة على عظمة
الله الله
الله علينا
etc.
ما شاء الله
عظمة على عظمة
الله الله
الله علينا
etc.
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Diya Takrouri
Türkiye
Türkiye
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Türkiye
Linguist Ar ⇋ En | 29 years’ Experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Palestinian, Saudi , Jordanian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Syrian, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Yemeni, UAE) 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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ويا لها من انجازات مصيبة /أليست بالإنجازات المصيبة
لابد أنها انجازات مصيبة
أليست بالإنجازات المصيبة
كَبُرتْ من انجازتٍ مصيبة
أليست بالإنجازات المصيبة
كَبُرتْ من انجازتٍ مصيبة
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Z-Translations Translator
Native in Arabic
28 years of experience
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Lebanese, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Palestinian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Jordanian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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ومن يهتم/وان يكن/وما اهمية ذلك/غير مهم
Note from asker:
| thank u for this suggestion, I opted for "غير مهم" . |
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