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English translation: loonybin/madhouse

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Arabic term or phrase:السراية الصفراء
English translation:loonybin/madhouse
Entered by: ena

12:40 Sep 4, 2003
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary / egyptian dialect
Arabic term or phrase: السراية الصفراء
السراية الصفراء هي كلمة باللغة المصرية العامية و تعني مستشفى المجانين
i found this translation but i do not know if it is correct or not : loony bin
ena
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 09:32
madhouse
Explanation:
The choice of target word here should not be neutral or socially acceptable. Since السراية الصفراء is a negative term for mental asylum, then so must be the translated term. Loony bin fits the bill, but I think that madhouse is negative without being slang. Note that while the original term may be colloquial Egyptian, it is not necessarily slang.
Selected response from:

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 08:32
Grading comment
Thanks a lot .
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Mental asylum
AhmedAMS
5 +2loony bin
Gharbeia (X)
5insane asylum / lunatic asylum
mutarjem
4 +1madhouse
Alaa Zeineldine
4sanitarium or sanatorium
Mueen Issa


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sanitarium or sanatorium


Explanation:
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Mueen Issa
Local time: 08:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 20
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
insane asylum / lunatic asylum


Explanation:
I believe those are the used terms.

Thanks



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Note added at 2003-09-04 13:02:23 (GMT)
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http://www.lyndonirwin.com/asylum.htm

mutarjem
Local time: 08:32
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 8
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Mental asylum


Explanation:
However, the "loonybin" is also correct. Please note that "loonybin" is one word.

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Note added at 2003-09-04 13:09:52 (GMT)
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Please note that \"mental asylum\" is the most politically correct term.

AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 870

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spring2007 (X): Also mental hospital. 'Loony bin' if text is colloquial.
3 mins
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agree  Aisha Maniar: this is the more accepted PC word! "looney bin" is also derogatory
4 mins
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agree  Sami Khamou
15 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
السراية الصفراء
loony bin


Explanation:
Noun: loony bin
1. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Synonyms:
bedlam
booby hatch
crazy house
cuckoo's nest
funny farm
funny house
madhouse
nut house
nuhouse
snatorium
snake pit

Type of:
asylum
insane asylum
institution
meental home
mental hospital
mental institution
psychiatric hospital


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Gharbeia (X)
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in pair: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sudqi Adi
1 hr
agree  ghassan al-Alem
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
السراية الصفراء
madhouse


Explanation:
The choice of target word here should not be neutral or socially acceptable. Since السراية الصفراء is a negative term for mental asylum, then so must be the translated term. Loony bin fits the bill, but I think that madhouse is negative without being slang. Note that while the original term may be colloquial Egyptian, it is not necessarily slang.

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 08:32
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 431
Grading comment
Thanks a lot .

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  radwa abdel ghany
31 days
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