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HOW COULD WE TRANSLATE THESE EXCELLENT TURKISH PROVERBS INTO ENGLISH?
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1.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 04:33 pm

- El elden üstündür
- Bir elin nesi var, iki elin sesi var
- Ummadığın taş baş yarar
- Doğru söyleyeni, dokuz köyden kovarlar
- Kötü söz söyleme, sonra sana geri döner, sana karşı bahane ve silah olarak kullanırlar
- İyi yaşamak istiyorsan, elini dilini belini tut
- İnsanlarla iyi geçinmek istiyorsan, onlardan uzak dur
- Akil ile sohbet lal-ü mercan gibidir, cahil ile sohbet sonunda can incitir
- Zenginliğine ya da güzelliğine güvenme, bir gün sen de solar, sen de çürürsün
- Unutma ki, bu dünyada ne ekersen, onu biçersin

2.       sonunda
5004 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:26 pm

English equivalent of the 2nd to last is
'you reap what you sow'

The rest can be translated literally but I can't think of English equivalents.

3.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:47 pm

I wonder if the second refers to a Dutch one, that says 'Many hands make an easy job'. i.e. if many people work together, it's not as hard as when you would do it alone.

But I dont know if there is an English equivalent to that.

4.       sonunda
5004 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:48 pm

yes-'many hands make light work'

5.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:51 pm

Quoting sonunda:

yes-'many hands make light work'



Oh haha I wanted to translate it like that, because that is the literal one from the Dutch. But then I got confused to what it meant in Dutch and if it was possible to say it like that in English so I altered my trnaslation a wee bit But apparantly its exactly the same (vele handen maken licht werk)

6.       sonunda
5004 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:51 pm

Can't think of one for number 7.
'If you want to get on well with people stay far from them'

7.       sonunda
5004 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 05:53 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:

Quoting sonunda:

yes-'many hands make light work'



Oh haha I wanted to translate it like that, because that is the literal one from the Dutch. But then I got confused to what it meant in Dutch and if it was possible to say it like that in English so I altered my trnaslation a wee bit But apparantly its exactly the same (vele handen maken licht werk)



lol

8.       Avalon
381 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 06:13 pm

El elden üstündür -One hand may be superior to another. One should not assume no one else can do better.

9.       sonunda
5004 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 06:59 pm

Quoting Avalon:

El elden üstündür -One hand may be superior to another. One should not assume no one else can do better.



So-'no one is indispensable'??

Maybe number 7 is 'good fences make good neighbours'

10.       lady in red
6947 posts
 22 Jun 2008 Sun 07:26 pm

Quoting sonunda:

Quoting Avalon:

El elden üstündür -One hand may be superior to another. One should not assume no one else can do better.



So-'no one is indispensable'??

Maybe number 7 is 'good fences make good neighbours'



No 7 possibly 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder'?

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