حفظ النوع

English translation: Survival of the species

16:16 Feb 4, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Contemporary novel
Arabic term or phrase: حفظ النوع
هذا الدرس كان صعب التطبيق على الأتباع. لذلك قرروا أن يتوقفوا عن الاستمناء، ولم يكن بينهم سوى شابين متزوجين. نتج عن كبت غريزة حفظ النوع سوء الطباع، وسرعة الغضب، ورداءة الأخلاق. كل غريزة في الكائن الحي تكبت تكون هذه هي النتيجة النهائية.
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:19
English translation:Survival of the species
Explanation:
Refers to the oppression of their sexual desire.
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Mohammed Megahed
Egypt
Local time: 19:19
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2survival
Tom Leijnse
4 +2Preservation of the specy
Pierrick Jaouen, CFA
4 +1species preservation instinct
Milena Atanasova
5To preserve the species
Ateequr Rahman
4Survival of the species
Mohammed Megahed
4instinctive sexual desire
Reem Mansour
3Sexual intercourse - Copulation - Coition
Morano El-Kholy


  

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Survival of the species


Explanation:
Refers to the oppression of their sexual desire.

Mohammed Megahed
Egypt
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Milena Atanasova
4 mins

disagree  Yassine El Bouknify: Not really. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-preservation
27 mins
  -> I don't see why you think my suggestion is wrong.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
survival


Explanation:
غريزة حفظ النوع
survival instinct
i.e. reproduction, to avoid extinction

Tom Leijnse
Netherlands
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yassine El Bouknify: Most call it a "survival instinct": https://www.google.com/search?q=species preservation instinc...
23 mins

neutral  Milena Atanasova: self-preservation instinct: the fundamental tendency of humans and nonhuman animals to behave so as to avoid injury and maximize chances of survival (e.g., by fleeing from dangerous situations or predators), says Freud. Later combined w/ sexual instinct.
40 mins

agree  adel almergawy
7 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
species preservation instinct


Explanation:
species preservation instinct

Milena Atanasova
Bulgaria
Local time: 19:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saeed Najmi: agree
2 days 4 hrs
  -> Sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Preservation of the specy


Explanation:
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Pierrick Jaouen, CFA
France
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
4 hrs

agree  Saeed Najmi: ...... + instinct
2 days 4 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To preserve the species


Explanation:
This expression I think simply means to preserve the species, حفظ meaning to save, preserve and النوع meaning species,


    https://www.reverso.net/translationresults.aspx?lang=EN&direction=arabic-english
    https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%B2/
Ateequr Rahman
Germany
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Sexual intercourse - Copulation - Coition


Explanation:
We translate the meaning, not the words. We do not translate literally.
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والله أعلم

Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
Local time: 19:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
instinctive sexual desire


Explanation:
المقصود من الفقرة الغريزة الجنسية بهدف بقاء النوع وهو ما يؤدي كبتها إلى نتائج غير جيدة
The paragraph implies the sexual desire which aims to preserve human species.

Reem Mansour
Egypt
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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