largely

Arabic translation: معظم- أغلب

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English term or phrase:largely
Arabic translation:معظم- أغلب

02:05 Mar 15, 2020
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English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: largely
Being a woman who had children very early, who cared for children during my entire life,
really gave me a different perspective than the largely male philosophers who had thought about them before.


Is she wants to say that her perspective is different from the male philosophers perspective about children? And largely here for male philosophers or their perspective?

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 14:42
معظم- أغلب
Explanation:
Largely: almost completely
most male philosophers

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Note added at 19 mins (2020-03-15 02:24:21 GMT)
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Right, Her perspective different from most philosophers perspectives.
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Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 22:42
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شكراً جزيلاً
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1معظم- أغلب
Ramadan Ibrahim
5 +1الذين هم في الغالب
Fuad Yahya


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
معظم- أغلب


Explanation:
Largely: almost completely
most male philosophers

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Note added at 19 mins (2020-03-15 02:24:21 GMT)
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Right, Her perspective different from most philosophers perspectives.

Example sentence(s):
  • Their complaints have been largely ignored.

    Reference: http://https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/l...
Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 22:42
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Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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شكراً جزيلاً
Notes to answerer
Asker: So her perspective different from most philosophers perspective, right?


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agree  Salma Madani
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الذين هم في الغالب


Explanation:
I am sorry to disappoint you, but "a different perspective than the largely male philosophers" does not at all mean "different from most philosophers." It rather means "different from philosophers, who are mostly male." The speaker is a woman and a very experienced mother. Her perspective is derived from first-hand experience. It is different from the perspective of philosophers, because most of them are men, who, of course, had no mothering experience, so their perspective must be different.

To bring out the true meaning of the source text, you will have to say something more like:

'... gave me a different perspective than the largely male philosophers..."
أعطاني (أو منحني) منظوراً يختلف عن منظور الفلاسفة الذين هم في الغالب من الذكور

The difference may be subtle for some, but I know you are smart and can see the difference.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gladis Audi, DipTrans: largely male indeed - these philosophers were mostly male
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