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transsexual

Arabic translation: متحوّل جنسياً

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English term or phrase:transsexual
Arabic translation:متحوّل جنسياً
Entered by: Ala Rabie

08:20 Nov 5, 2006
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / social policy, government
English term or phrase: transsexual
Is there an objective, non-offensive, inclusive, warm-and-fuzzy etc. term I can use that won't get the local GLT community dragging my client to court over inappropriate terminology?? I've had a look at the previous Kudoz answers and I cannot take مختث as that is a hermaphrodite, which is a condition, not a choice.

I am dispairing.
Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 23:44
متحوّل جنسياً
Explanation:
Based on the psychologically-conventional term for transexualism, i.e. 'التحوّل الجنسي'.

By the way, despite its politically-incorrect nature, 'مخنث' is far different from transexual--; it describes more a transgender person rather than a transexual.

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-11-05 08:30:12 GMT)
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typo*:
transgendered person
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Ala Rabie
Egypt
Local time: 16:44
Grading comment
Thanks Ala
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2مُشْتَهي تَغْيِيْرِ الجِنْس
Ehab Tantawy
2 +3متحوّل جنسياً
Ala Rabie
3خنثى
Ahmad Batiran


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
متحوّل جنسياً


Explanation:
Based on the psychologically-conventional term for transexualism, i.e. 'التحوّل الجنسي'.

By the way, despite its politically-incorrect nature, 'مخنث' is far different from transexual--; it describes more a transgender person rather than a transexual.

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-11-05 08:30:12 GMT)
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typo*:
transgendered person

Ala Rabie
Egypt
Local time: 16:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Ala

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tamer Elzein (X): This sounds easier on the ear :)
1 hr
agree  Dina Abdo: yup!
2 hrs
agree  Randa Farhat
2 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
مُشْتَهي تَغْيِيْرِ الجِنْس


Explanation:
مُشْتَهي تَغْيِيْرِ الجِنْس
المصدر: المعجم الطبي الموحد
transsexual
(also transexual)
■ noun a person born with the physical characteristics of one sex who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex.
■ adjective relating to such a person.
transsexualism noun
transsexuality noun

© Oxford University Press, 2004
===
trans·sex·u·al
Variant: also tran·sex·u·al
Pronunciation: (ˌ)tran(t)s-'sek-sh(ə-)wəl, -shəl
Function: noun
Date: 1957

: a person who strongly identifies with the opposite sex and may seek to live as a member of this sex especially by undergoing surgery and hormone therapy to obtain the necessary physical appearance (as by changing the external sex organs)
–transsexual adjective
–trans·sex·u·al·ism also tran·sex·u·al·ism \-sh(ə-)wə-ˌli-zəm, -shə-ˌli-\ noun
–trans·sex·u·al·i·ty also tran·sex·u·al·i·ty \-ˌsek-shə-'wa-lə-tē\ noun

© 2005 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated


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http://www.emro.who.int/UMD/

Ehab Tantawy
Local time: 16:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tamer Elzein (X): Thanks for the good reference
1 hr
  -> شكراً جزيلاً - Many Thanks
neutral  Ala Rabie: actually, 'transexual' also applies for people who have achieved transition through gender reassignment procedures.
1 hr
  ->  شكراً جزيلاً - Many Thanks, i preffered to put it from UMD, but you are right too.
agree  Mohamed Sayed
4 days
  -> شكراً جزيلاً - Many Thanks Mohamed ;)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
خنثى


Explanation:
Well, it might like (ANDROGYNE) but I think our community doesn't care about such a difference since the result is the same (natural or surgerical).
I don't know about the court issue .. but I think المتحول جنسيا is safer from that perspective.

Ahmad Batiran
Yemen
Local time: 16:44
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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