Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
مشعبكة
English translation:
convoluted (also: tortuous, contorted), intricate
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Mar 12, 2016 00:16
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Arabic term
مشعبكة
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
From a Yemeni literary text:
أو لعلّها شخصيّةٌ مهمّةٌ جدّاً، جريئةٌ جدّاً، فرضتْ موازين قوى ومعادلات مشعبكة تسمح لها بعمل ما تريد!
أو لعلّها شخصيّةٌ مهمّةٌ جدّاً، جريئةٌ جدّاً، فرضتْ موازين قوى ومعادلات مشعبكة تسمح لها بعمل ما تريد!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | convoluted (also: tortuous, contorted), intricate |
MKScott
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| 3 +2 | Intertwined/ twisted |
Oz Hamdoun (X)
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| 4 | labyrinthine |
Ashraf AlSayed
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Proposed translations
5 days
Selected
convoluted (also: tortuous, contorted), intricate
موازين قوى ومعادلات مشعبكة تسمح لها بعمل ما تريد
"convoluted calculations and intricate power plays allowed her to do what she wished"
the whole sentence needs to be rendered in English, not just the word مشعبكة, which is a colloquialism that implies that something is excessively twisted, contorted, intertwined, tangled - as the other contributors have noted.
"convoluted calculations and intricate power plays allowed her to do what she wished"
the whole sentence needs to be rendered in English, not just the word مشعبكة, which is a colloquialism that implies that something is excessively twisted, contorted, intertwined, tangled - as the other contributors have noted.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
13 mins
Intertwined/ twisted
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30 mins
Ashraf AlSayed
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Legal & Financial Experiened Translator
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
labyrinthine
000
Example sentence:
It takes a fair amount of concentration to follow the movie\'s labyrinthine plot.
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