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English translation: Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable)

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Malay term or phrase:Y. Bhg.
English translation:Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable)
Entered by: yam2u

18:11 Sep 13, 2005
Malay to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy / Y. is an acronym for a title preceding the name of the Chancellor of my university
Malay term or phrase: y.
It is contained in the address/title of the Chancellor of UPSI in Tanjong Malim as an acronym ...
"Nama: Y. Bhg. Datuk Dr. Muhammad Rais bin Abdul Karim Jawatan: Naib Canselor (JUSA A)"
If you can translate that acronym into Malaysian AND English that would be wonderful!
Bill Maddox
Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable )
Explanation:
The full abbreviation is "Y. Bhg." for "Yang Berbahagia" (The Honorable) which I have corrected.
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yam2u
United States
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thanks very, very much!
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5 +3Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable )
yam2u
5the esteemed
Mark Oliver


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Y. Bhg.
Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable )


Explanation:
The full abbreviation is "Y. Bhg." for "Yang Berbahagia" (The Honorable) which I have corrected.

yam2u
United States
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
thanks very, very much!

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the esteemed


Explanation:
This is an honorific prefix. It can be translated literally as "The Fortunate," "the Saved (in a spiritual sense," "The Prosperous" or "The Happy," but such phrases sound rather awkward, at least in my North American English.

"The esteemed Datuk Dr. Muhammad . . ." sounds a bit better.

Spelled out it is "Yang Berbahagia."

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Note added at 2005-09-13 18:52:06 (GMT)
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Oops, simultaneous responses. \"Honorable\" sounds good too.


    various Malay dictionaries, incl. Winstedt.
Mark Oliver
Local time: 06:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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