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الطبقة المترفة

English translation: the wealthy

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Arabic term or phrase:الطبقة المترفة
English translation:the wealthy

11:53 Mar 12, 2013
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-03-15 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: الطبقة المترفة
ما هو ترجمة الطبقة المترفة باللغة الانجليزية
Zamzam Bayian
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 04:11
the wealthy
Explanation:
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3the wealthy
Abdallah Ali
5 +2Upper class/crème de la crème/upper crust/moneyed class/prime/rich class/aristocracy/
Mohamed Rehan
4 +1rich/affluent stratum/class
ayman bakr
5a class indulging in luxury
Awad Balaish
4leisure class
Muhammad Atallah
4Luxury class
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rich/affluent stratum/class


Explanation:
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ayman bakr
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shereen Whiten, BA.
0 min
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the wealthy


Explanation:
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
41 mins
agree  Arabic & More
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agree  Lamis Maalouf
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
leisure class


Explanation:
The rich, so called because they can afford not to work. The term was made current by the economist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class .


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leisure+class?r=66
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Arabic & More: Except that the book is more than 100 years old. "Leisure class" might work in certain contexts, but it is not the most common or neutral term in today's language.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Upper class/crème de la crème/upper crust/moneyed class/prime/rich class/aristocracy/


Explanation:
Upper class/crème de la crème/upper crust/moneyed class/prime/rich class/aristocracy, etc.

Mohamed Rehan
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arabic & More: Several of these could work, depending on the context. "Upper class" is probably the most neutral for a basic definition.
1 hr
  -> Yes. Thank you.
agree  Firas Allouzi: Aristocracy/Upper class
1 hr
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Luxury class


Explanation:
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trans_caff
Local time: 04:11
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a class indulging in luxury


Explanation:
the self-indulgent class
a class living in ease and confort
the affluent class





Awad Balaish
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
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