Table 7 Examples of ST swear words and their TT equivalence.
Genre | No. | ST | TT | Back translation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drama | 9 | Spoiled rich girl, married a cheating asshole. | فتاة ثرية مدللة، تزوجت وغدا خائنا. | Spoiled rich girl married a cheating rogue. | The Arabic word وغد is used to describe a dishonest, unscrupulous, or unprincipled person. |
10 | Bitch had a foot fetish or something. | كان لدى السافلة هوس بالقدم أو ما شابه. | The immoral woman had a foot fetish or something. | The Arabic word سافل is used to describe vile, lowly, and lousy people. | |
Action | 11 | You dumb bitch. | أيتها الشريرة الغبية! | You dumb evil. | The English word bitch was translated into Arabic as شريرة, which is used to describe a person who is profoundly immoral and wicked. |
12 | And the dicks responsible. | والأوغاد المسؤولين عن ذلك. | And the rogue responsible. | The Arabic word وغد is used to describe a dishonest, unscrupulous, or unprincipled person. | |
13 | Don’t ‘who’ me bitch, you know who I’m talking about!? | بدون “من“ أيتها الفاجرة، تعرفين جيدا من اقصد. | Don’t ‘who’ me whore. You know who I’m talking about. | The Arabic word فاجرة is used to describe a person who has unlawful sexual intercourse as or with a prostitute | |
Sci-fi | 14 | I’m such an asshole. | أنا مغفلة جدا. | I’m such a stupid. | “Asshole” was rendered as مغفل which is used to describe fool or stupid people. |
15 | Waste this dick, Logan! | اقض على هذا الوغد يا “لوغان“! | Waste this rogue, Logan! | The Arabic word وغد is used to describe a dishonest, unscrupulous, or unprincipled person. | |
16 | I’m a bitch. | أنا سافلة. | I’m an immoral woman. | The Arabic word سافل is used to describe vile, lowly, and lousy people. | |
Biography | 17 | Is my roommate a dick? | هل شريكي بالغرفة أحمق؟ | Is my roommate stupid? | Dick was translated as أحمق which is used in Arabic to describe foolish, silly or senseless people |
18 | Son of a bitch. | ابن العاهرة | Son of a bitch. | The Arabic word عاهرة is used to describe female prostitute who engages in sex acts for money. |
