فرز طبقي

English translation: Class stratification

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Arabic term or phrase:فرز طبقي
English translation:Class stratification
Entered by: zax

10:26 Dec 21, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Gulf society
Arabic term or phrase: فرز طبقي
What is the correct English word describing the above?
It is the process where society is divided into different social classes. The Arabic expression implies movement and change to a previous social structure.
The text is about Gulf countries.
Thanks in advance.
randam
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Class stratification
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Class stratification
zax
5social classification
Mohamed Salaheldin
3 +1Social Re-classfication
Khalid Nasir
4class division
Abdulrahman Bustani
4Class mobility
sal4trans
3 +1class categorization
Sami Khamou


  

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Social Re-classfication


Explanation:
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Khalid Nasir
Iraq
Local time: 16:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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agree  AhmedAMS
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class division


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Abdulrahman Bustani
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 17:53
Native speaker of: Arabic
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Class stratification


Explanation:
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zax
Local time: 09:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  AhmedAMS
8 mins
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neutral  sal4trans: Class = stratum(pl.:strata), hence "class stratification" would be some kind of a circumlocution. You could say "social stratification"
6 hrs
  -> "social stratification" is also good. Thanks.
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Class mobility


Explanation:
If this is about moving from a class to another, then it is "class mobility"
Otherwise, the word-for-word translation is "class screening"

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Note added at 12 hrs (2006-12-21 23:12:18 GMT)
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"social stratification" is used in sociology books to describe the various classes/strata in a society.

sal4trans
Local time: 17:53
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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class categorization


Explanation:
class categorization

Sami Khamou
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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agree  Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
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social classification


Explanation:
إن الفرز هنا بمعنى التقسيم، والتقسيم الطبقي للمجتمع هو المصطلح عاليه

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 15:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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