imlek - logo

Belgeç - Fax (document)

Belgegeçer - Fax (machine)

 Here we have lost the difference between otobiyografi and biyografi.

Biyografi = yaşam öyküsü

But to explain autobiography (my own biography, written by me) I need at least 3 words in Turkish, which isn´t very chic (sorry, a French word in English!!)

Any better suggestions than kendi yaşam öyküsü?

 monogami = tek karalık???

Not sure about this. WDYT?

Monogamy is having one wife (and is not a unisex term).

polygamy = more than one wife

monoandry = one husband

polyandry = more than one husband

so tek eşlilik doesn´t exactly match monogamy.

Any suggestions for each of these 4?

 Again, this one doesn´t quite give the same sense. Tek erklik means one ruler, so a despot or dictatorship is also tek erklik.

There are subtle differences for a monarchy, which probably I can´t explain without going to political science classes, but in short, the vesting of power in a family, with succession going to a child on death must be one, and also the fact that most monarchies these days are just figureheads, with power being in the hands of elected government. 

zapping ( İng. zapping ) = geçgeç   ( this is a verb that is used when you change tv channels with remote control to look for programs ..I do this alot .!

Seçal - self-servis

Many people are using "zaplama" which at times may become "zıplama" (meaning jumping from channel to channel).

Üçleme - hat-trick

Yonga - çip (chip)

my opinion would be that monarch comes from mono and arch, translating these directly mono = tek arch = şef/baş so i would say the translation is right, directly, though the words have gained different meanings troughout history i would say "tek er" translation remains geniusly correct