David Copperfield in Arabic (ديفيد كوبرفيلد) — Page 44

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

فَهُنَاكَ وَلَدٌ - يُدْعَى جِي. سْتِيرْفُورْث - وَقَدْ حَفَرَ اسْمَهُ عَمِيقًا جِدًّا، فَتَخَيَّلَ دِيفِيد أَنْ يَقْرَأَ اللَّافِتَةَ بِصَوْتٍ جَهْوَرِيٍّ نَوْعًا مَا، ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَجْذِبُهُ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ.

There was a boy named J. Steerforth who had carved his name so deeply that David imagined reading the sign aloud, then grabbing him by the hair.

وَهُنَاكَ آخَرُ، يُدْعَى تُومِي تْرَادْلْز، وَقَدْ خَشِيَ دِيفِيد أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مِنْهُ أُضْحُوكَةً، وَيَتَظَاهَرُ بِأَنَّهُ يَرْتَعِدُ خَوْفًا مِنْهُ.

Then there was another, Tommy Traddles, whom David feared he might make a laughingstock of, or pretend to tremble before in mock terror.

كَانَ عَدَدُ الْأَوْلَادِ خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ وَلَدًا فِي الْجُمْلَةِ، كَمَا أَخْبَرَهُ السَّيِّدُ مِيل، وَرَغْمَ أَنَّ نَفْسَهُ كَانَتْ تَتُوقُ فِي أَحْوَالٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لِرُفْقَتِهِمْ، فَقَدْ خَشِيَ مِمَّا سَيَحْدُثُ عِنْدَمَا يَقْرَءُونَ: «احْتَرِسُوا مِنْهُ، إِنَّهُ يَعَضُّ.»

Mr. Mell told him there were forty-five boys in total, and although David often longed for their company, he dreaded what would happen if they read the sign: 'Beware of him, he bites.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 17 nouns)

• دَعَا — to call
• حَفَرَ — to dig
• تَخَيَّلَ — to imagine
• وَلَد — boy
• اسْمٌ — name
• لَافِتَة — sign