"اَلْتِّلْفاز مُعَطَّل في ٱلْطّابِق اَلْثّاني."

Translation: The television is out of order on the second floor.

[PdV16]

The television on the second floor is out of order" is the proper English order.

[Torpheh]

Yes, it should be accepted,

[Yashanna1]

it is now (apr 2020)

[Sophia_Eressea]

The real question is: should the suggested translation be accepted?

[BereketDes]

Agreed. The answer i gave is the same to yours. I think given answe is broken English.

[BafouillCharabia]

I wrote : The out of order television is on the second floor.

The meaning is not exactly the same. How would you say this in arabic?
Thanks.

[Djibril487949]

You would just need another /al-/ before /mu3aTTal/ to make it attributive on television, I think.

[Azam_Abdullah]

Same with me

[Rashid946441]

Is this the most natural way to say this in Arabic? Or could you move معطل to the end?

[Kas334864]

So if you take it downstairs it will work again?

[Away54]

التلفازُ مُعَطَّلٌ في الطَّابِقِ الثَّانِي

2at-tilfaazu mu3aTTalun fii 2aT-Taabiqi 2ath-thaanii / 2at-tilfaazu mu3aTTalun fii 2aT-Taabiqith-thaanii

[henkaipantomime]

what is the difference between "broken" and "out of order" in Arabic? (sorry, don't have the keyboard.)

[Aurora535993]

"Al-tilfaz mu3aTTal" means "the TV is out of order/broken", while "Al-tilfaz al-mu3aTTal" means "the broken TV" (in this case "out of order" doesn't sound good)