Glossary entry

عربي term or phrase:

حخلي سيرتك على كل لسان

أنجليزي translation:

I'll make you famous/ I'll make all people speak of your story

Added to glossary by Alexander Yeltsov
Jan 17, 2008 09:00
16 yrs ago
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عربي term

حخلي سيرتك على كل لسان

Non-PRO Homework / test عربي إلى أنجليزي أخرى وسائل الإعلام \ الوسائط المتعددة slang Arabic
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Change log

Jan 17, 2008 09:40: AhmedAMS changed "Language pair" from "أنجليزي إلى عربي" to "عربي إلى أنجليزي"

Jan 19, 2008 16:38: Alexander Yeltsov Created KOG entry

Jan 20, 2008 11:17: Mona Helal changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Discussion

Ammar Mahmood Jan 20, 2008:
As I know, the Arabic original taken from Egyptian dialect, carries some negative tone. It is uttered as a warning and expression of anger. I don,t know why the asker has chosen a rendering with some positive tone !!!

Proposed translations

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1 ساعة
Selected

I'll make you famous/ I'll make all people speak of your story

Hope it should work.
Peer comment(s):

agree Steve Booth
7 ساعات
Thankyou, Emandan!
neutral Amir Kamel : السياق يتحدث عن فضيحة، ولا يمكن أن تكون الفضيحة بجعلها شهيرة
1 يوم 19 ساعات
Thank you, Amir!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks for help"
+4
7 دقائق

I will make you the gossip of everybody

just a suggestion
Peer comment(s):

agree Hani Hassaan
25 دقائق
thank you Hani
agree AhmedAMS
32 دقائق
thank you Ahmed
agree Neamaat Shehatah
4 ساعات
thank you again Hervana. Do you like Curt Gobain?
agree Steve Booth
8 ساعات
Thank you Emandan
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+1
18 دقائق

i'll make a story of you

Peer comment(s):

agree Hani Hassaan
2 دقائق
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24 دقائق

I will tarnish your reputation

I'll make tongues wag about you
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+5
29 دقائق

I will make you the talk of the town

I think"make yo the talk of the town" is better than my other suggestions below:

I will expose you
let everybody know about you
let everybody know about this
simply I'll let everybody know
or I'll spread the word that you did blah blah

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-talk-of-the-town
Peer comment(s):

agree Mohamed Ghazal
26 دقائق
thanks, Mohamed.
agree Nesrin : I was thinking of that as well (again!). Of course you can also be "the talk of the town" in a positive sense.//You mean I'm making this up? ;-) Yes the Arabic expression is negative, so the English one will be as well if the context makes that clear.
27 دقائق
God knows somehow I imagined you would! I was expecting your comment as a matter of fact! Yes, it could be positive\\ no, really! I swear it :), to the extent that I was about to invite you to add a comment, but I chose to let it be natural :)
agree kifahl
2 ساعات
thanks, kifahl
agree Steve Booth
8 ساعات
agree Noha Kamal, PhD.
1 يوم 3 ساعات
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3 ساعات

I'llmake your fame a gum for every tongue!!

works fine here
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5 ساعات

I'll make you a scandal

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