البعد عن العمل

Arabic translation: Sleep at home

11:52 Aug 18, 2020
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
English term or phrase: البعد عن العمل
وزارة الموارد البشرية والتنمية الاجتماعية لا زالت تصدر قرارات (العمل عن بعد والبعد عن العمل) كأول وزارة في العالم تبتكر هذا المفهوم لوجود عباقرة لديها استطاعوا وضع حلول للبطالة والتوظيف «بفضل من الله ونعمة»!

"البعد عن العمل". I think he is being sarcastic here but I do not know how to reflect this in the translation. So could you help me?

Thanks in advance
Yosra Montasser
Egypt
Local time: 20:49
Arabic translation:Sleep at home
Explanation:
If the author is indeed being sarcastic and he/she means "not being able to work at all", ie, unemployed, then maybe "sleep at home" is a good option that rhymes with the rest of the sentence. I can only guess and offer a suggestion, as you would know better if he/she is indeed being sarcastic and is referring to something like that or not, since you have the full context.

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So the English sentence would be something like: "working from home and sleeping at home". If you wouldn't translate "العمل عن بعد" as "working from home", but maybe something like "remote work", then maybe you can translate the target sentence into something like "zero work"; so the English sentence would be something like: "remote work and zero work".

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I'm trying, through my attempts, to convey the intended meaning into English, while also delivering the message of sarcasm that the author intends to deliver, to the reader.
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Mina Fayek
Local time: 20:49
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Summary of answers provided
5remote work / telecommuting / telework / distance working / mobile work
Abdullah Ahmad
4Remote working spaces
Yassine El Bouknify
4long distance work
adel almergawy
3Far away from the work environment.
Morano El-Kholy
2Sleep at home
Mina Fayek
2Indifference at the workplace
Linda Al-Bairmani


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
remote work / telecommuting / telework / distance working / mobile work


Explanation:
العمل عن بعد والبعد عن العمل
remote and distance working

يمكن استخدام
remote work / telecommuting / telework / distance working / mobile work

Abdullah Ahmad
Egypt
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Far away from the work environment.


Explanation:
Just a guess!

والله أعلم

Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 71
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Remote working spaces


Explanation:
العمل عن بعد والبعد عن العمل
Remote work and remote working spaces
المقصود هو البعد عن أماكن العمل
"Creative Alternatives for a Remote Working Space."

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https://www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/creative-alternati...

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 19:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Sleep at home


Explanation:
If the author is indeed being sarcastic and he/she means "not being able to work at all", ie, unemployed, then maybe "sleep at home" is a good option that rhymes with the rest of the sentence. I can only guess and offer a suggestion, as you would know better if he/she is indeed being sarcastic and is referring to something like that or not, since you have the full context.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-18 14:11:54 GMT)
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So the English sentence would be something like: "working from home and sleeping at home". If you wouldn't translate "العمل عن بعد" as "working from home", but maybe something like "remote work", then maybe you can translate the target sentence into something like "zero work"; so the English sentence would be something like: "remote work and zero work".

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-18 14:14:53 GMT)
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I'm trying, through my attempts, to convey the intended meaning into English, while also delivering the message of sarcasm that the author intends to deliver, to the reader.

Mina Fayek
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much. Your "zero work" answer really convinced me.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  S.J: This suggestion much better than the others.
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

neutral  Yassine El Bouknify: I would rather call it a paradox since there's a juxtaposition. It's definitely not sarcasm ...
1 hr
  -> Might be. The OP would know better.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Indifference at the workplace


Explanation:
Just a guess to reflect sarcasm

Example sentence(s):
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Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 20:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
long distance work


Explanation:
long distance work

adel almergawy
Egypt
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 5
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