Hello everybody!

I´m trying to translate some letters and sms here and I can´t help but notice that some people (men) are just using innocent people (girls) asking them to send some money or somthing of the kind. Did any of you have the same feeling?

I was taught that translators have no right to add anything to the translation no matter how strongly thy feel about it, but since we´re all helping here as friends, may be it would be okay if we also gave some advice on how to react to this or that letter?

Because i remember the time when I was in love and my Turkish was very poor and how it was difficult to understand what the other person means, so I chose to always assume the best, and sometimes it was wrong.

So, my question is do you think it´s ok to give advice as well as translate something or is it not our business?

If you read back over the translation forum you will see that plenty of advice and warning has been given - both welcome and unwelcome.  Unfortunately, more often than not, the warnings have proved to be justified.  

 Yes!!!

A lot of people will chip in and give advice.

If you volunteered your time and translated the message for free, then you are definitely entitled to comment, I think!

If you don´t want to do it in public, you can always send a p.m.

I am against giving personal comments, advices and warnings in translations, it should be just translation, i think thats what the poster needs. If you really feel you need to say something or you need to warn poster, it would be better via pm...

It´s difficult because you cannot see who you are translating for. Some people will see a translation and they can make the connection themselves. But other people are not aware of the lengths some people will go to to get money. I guess if you translate the same kind of message a couple of times for somebody, you can add a small warning. If for example the same person has asked for 5 translations, and they all included a request for money (the first was for the doctor, the second for credit, the third because he needs to pay the internet-bill, etc.), you could say something like "I´ve noticed that all of the translation were about money". I know some might see this an invasion of privacy. But on the other hand, if you see somebody stealing a wallet on the street, you wouldn´t just walk by but say "HEY! STOP IT!"

As you saw translation here on forum are free and many times we have a big pleasure to comment  ..not only to translate. 

I also think that if people post something publicly then they should expect some invasion of privacy automatically. I also can´t keep quiet when I see that somebody has to be warned or something bad will happen.

...remembers me of what happened 6 years ago when I went to make my passport to come for the first time in Turkey. The official asked me where im planing to go I said to Istanbul. He said to me "be carefull".

 were you or you are still playing the goosberry?sorry,nothing personal ,just could not resist

 Dont worry.. i understood what a friend of yours from the real life told me you only playing bi*ch game here