زمن المريض ليس كزمن الصحيح

English translation: time has different meanings to a healthy or ill person.

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Arabic term or phrase:	زمن المريض ليس كزمن الصحيح
English translation:	time has different meanings to a healthy or ill person.
Entered by:	younes-01

16:16 Sep 2, 2007

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Arabic term or phrase: زمن المريض ليس كزمن الصحيح

Hi my friends,
How would you translate this phrase :

زمن المريض ليس كزمن الصحيح

I have translated it like this: ( a word for word translation)
the time of a sick person is not that of a healthy one.

What do you suggest my friends? I think the meaning is clear, but how to translate it?

younes-01 KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 23
Local time: 09:41

time has different meanings to a healthy or ill person.

Explanation:
We say ill not patient here. Focus here is on the time.

Selected response from:

Sahar Moussly
Local time: 09:41

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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Patients and healthy persons have different feelings toward the same length of time.

AhmedAMS

4 +1

time has different meanings to a healthy or ill person.

Sahar Moussly

ill people see time in different prespective than healthy ones.

Assem Mazloum

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Patients and healthy persons have different feelings toward the same length of time.

Explanation:
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-09-02 16:28:33 GMT)
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OR
The effect of time differs according to the medical condition of individuals.

AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 12:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 16

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

time has different meanings to a healthy or ill person.

Explanation:
We say ill not patient here. Focus here is on the time.

Sahar Moussly
Local time: 09:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you again

7 hrs confidence:

ill people see time in different prespective than healthy ones.

Explanation:
هذا نوع من الأمثال أو التعابير التي لا يجب أن تترجم حرفياً, بل علينا أن نأخذ المعنى لنضعه في قالب يتناسب مع العقلية الأوربية عندما نقوم بترجمته. والعكس صحيح.
من يرغب بترجمة الأمثال العربية عامة والسورية خاصة يمكنه الاتصال بي.

Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Arabic

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Aseem, Thanks for your suggestion

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