Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
camping it up
Arabic translation:
التصنُّع - التهريج - الهزل
Added to glossary by
Amani Lazar
Jun 13, 2016 14:56
7 yrs ago
English term
Denmark
Literature wroks
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Syrian) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
camping it up
English to Arabic
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
مقال
You picked up your chapei and you stopped camping it up and sang a sweet ballad in a voice that cracked and it was a song of love and it was the first time I heard the words oan samlanh.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 3 | التصنُّع - التهريج - الهزل |
Randa Farhat
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| 4 | التكلّف/التصنّع/المبالغة |
Liliane Hatem
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Change log
Jun 13, 2016 21:51: Randa Farhat changed "Language pair" from "Arabic" to "English to Arabic"
Proposed translations
5 hrs
Randa Farhat
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Lebanon
Science, UN agencies, NGOs, Corporations
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
:
82
Selected
التصنُّع - التهريج - الهزل
//في سياق الفقرات السابقة لها (تخبيص الأغاني واللغات) ثم السطر الأخير قبل هذه الأغنية
Je le joue pour Visna who is here tonight
أعزفها لفيسنا الحاضر اليوم
then- who is Visna?
Visna means my destiny
(انقال من الهزل إلى الجد)//
You picked up your chapei and you stopped camping it up and sang a sweet ballad
تناولت القيثارة وكففت عن التهريج [أو الهزل] وغنيت أغنية شعبية عذبة
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 hrs
Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in English
&
Arabic
Works in field
Lebanon
Fast and reliable
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
57
التكلّف/التصنّع/المبالغة
[for performers] to overact or behave in an affected manner. Make an extravagant, affected, or vulgar display, as in Amateur actors often camp it up, trying to be more dramatic.
to overact
to overact
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