Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

فحدث ولا حرج

English translation:

Feel free to talk

Added to glossary by Sami Khamou
May 25, 2006 14:06
17 yrs ago
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Arabic term

Proposed translations

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Feel free to talk

Feel free to talk
عندما تصبح الفضائج على كل لسان مثلا يقال "فحدث ولا حرج" أي أن كلامك لن يحرج أحدا فما تتحدث عنه معروف للجميع

... واختفاء أكثر من عشرة آلاف شاب لا يعرف أحد عن مصيرهم شيئا لحد الآن، فحدث ولا حرج. ...

Feel free to talk, what you say will embarrass nobody.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-25 15:48:57 GMT)
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Correction:
الفضائج = الفضائح
Peer comment(s):

agree John Colangelo : هذه الترجمة تعكس المعنى الأصلي ثم هي عبارة انجليزية مفهومة عند ناطق الانجليزية
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agree Dikran
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agree duraid
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agree Abdelmonem Samir
3 hrs
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agree Ahmad Maher Sandouk
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9 mins

tell without interdiction

Haddeth, to tell , to talk about , Haraj, interdiction also it might be restrictions
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agree roby_1985 : hi
417 days
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1 hr

you can narrate without being blamed

حرج is in the sense of feeling guilty
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1 day 7 hrs

Talk freely without embarassment/discomfiture/guilt-feeling

There are so many ways to say this. See second link below for some other alternatives for the meaning of حرج. You can choose the right meaning depending on the overall context.
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