Glossary entry

أنجليزي term or phrase:

'I don't want worthy, give me sexy

عربي translation:

لا أريد القيمة، وإنما أريد الإثارة

Added to glossary by Amir Kamel
Jan 6, 2007 15:01
18 yrs ago
أنجليزي term

'I don't want worthy, give me sexy

أنجليزي إلى عربي أخرى الصحافة
A typical editor's quote will be, 'I don't want worthy, give me sexy.'

Discussion

Nesrin Jan 6, 2007:
Thanks to eng_ara, we finally have the added context we needed!!
Nesrin Jan 6, 2007:
Hi Hossam, if you have the whole text, it would be useful to post the preceding sentence(s), which would make this part of the text clearer (typical editor's quote on what?)
Ali Alawadi Jan 6, 2007:
According to Kudoz rules, one has to send a term at a time.

Regards
Hossam Sabry (X) (asker) Jan 6, 2007:
I think it is a whole phrase, I need its translation.
Ali Alawadi Jan 6, 2007:
Which term is needed and plz give more context..
Thanks

Proposed translations

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لا أريد القيمة، وإنما أريد الإثارة

نفس معنى الأخ زاكس ولكن أردت أن أضيف للإخوة والأخوات المريدين والمريدات للسياق.
"... I'm a journalist so perhaps I see things slightly differently from most of your respondents. I know that you can't expect the media to simply play the role of AIDS educators. We are all hard pressed to get our stories into print or onto air. There's no way the commercial media can devote heaps of space to AIDS intervention. A typical editor's quote will be: "I don't want worthy, give me sexy." That's what so many NGOs don't seem to understand. They think that just because the issues are so important we should be running educational stories every day.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nesrin : Thanks for the much needed added context!
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really appreciated
agree Lamis Maalouf : Thank you. With your explanation it makes sense.
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merci
agree AhmedAMS : That could be in response to a journalist trying to submit an article.
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thank you
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لا أريد (شيئا) قيما , أعطني (شيئا) جنسيا/مثيرا

هذا الشيء قد يكون صوره أو مقاله أو غيرهما حسب السياق
Peer comment(s):

agree Nesrin : I would stick with مثيرا rather than جنسيا. As we can see from the text provided by eng_ara, "sexy" here isn't used in the literal sense, but (as so often nowadays) simply in the sense of "appealing" or "exciting".
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Thanks, Nesrin
agree AhmedAMS : That could be in response to a journalist trying to submit an article.
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Thanks, Ahmed
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+1
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أبحث عن الإثارة وليس الموضوعية

أبحث عن المثير وليس الجدير
تقال في مجال الإعلام بمعني أن الإثارة والسبق الصحفي أهم بكثير من مجرد سرد الحقائق المجردة
Cape Times journalist Judith Soal is quoted on Mediachannel.org, and says: "We are all hard pressed to get our stories into print or on to air. There's no way the commercial media can devote heaps of space to Aids intervention. A typical editor's quote will be, 'I don't want worthy, give me sexy.'
Peer comment(s):

agree AhmedAMS
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