Reading Spikes of Voltages of -/+50V from other source.

If the only voltages you get are negative, you could connect the GND (0V) to connector pin 1, and the negative signal to pin 2. After all -50V between conductor 1 and 2 is the same as +50V between conductor 2 and 1.

OP is a bit ambiguous but does state:

TAJS-C:
basic 1/2 second pulses of Negative voltages of more than -12V up to -50v

This what I based my circuit on: converting a 0/12-50V digital signal into a 0/5V digital signal for use by an Arduino. It would work the same for a 3.3V Arduino, by the way.

If you have a signal that goes from -50V all the way to +50V indeed you need a different circuit. A second optocoupler (which goes in place of the diode) could give you two digital outs (one for a negative signal, the other for a positive one), or if you want to be able to measure any voltage in that range you need a voltage divider + offset type circuit to go to a 0-5V analog signal.