Gecen ilk öyküyü cevirdim, actim sokak kapisini, girdi iceriye
= The first story i will turn?, i opened the gate and went inside.

alçakgönüllü bir sesle = I have no idea about this one..

Istanbul`un ünlü isadamlarindan Sadullah Büyükgöz`ün geçen gece Boğaz’daki yalısında gördüğü bir rüya..
= Sadullah Büyükgöz, one of Istanbul`s famous businessmen... saw a dream in his beachvilla, that is in Bogaz.

Demek öyle...Yalisinda gördügü bir rüya…
= So to say.. In his beachvilla he saw a dream..

Evet, sabaha karşı görmüş...= ?

Üstelik siz de varsiniz rÿanin icinde.
= Furthermore you arrived in the dream?

İşte bunu duyunca şaşırmıştım
= This would have made me confused?


Thank you very much in advance, to the translator
I know there are plenty of mistakes here.....

ilk öyküyü cevirdim, actim sokak kapisini, girdi iceriye
= The first story i will turn?, i opened the gate and went inside.

Çevirmek: to rotate, also to translate.

I translated the first story, ....

alçakgönüllü bir sesle = I have no idea about this one..

Alçak=low
gönül=heart
Alçakgönüllü = lit. with a low heart = humble

Ses=sound or voice

In a humble voice

Istanbul`un ünlü isadamlarindan Sadullah Büyükgöz`ün geçen gece Boğaz’daki yalısında gördüğü bir rüya..
= Sadullah Büyükgöz, one of Istanbul`s famous businessmen... saw a dream in his beachvilla, that is in Bogaz.

Boğaz = neck or the Bosphorus
Also, in English, we don't normally say "see a dream" we say "have a dream".

One of Istanbul's famous businessmen, SadullahBüyükgöz, had a dream in his Bosphorus yalı last night

Demek öyle...Yalisinda gördügü bir rüya…
= So to say.. In his beachvilla he saw a dream..

Agree. Just beachvilla doesn't quite sound right for yalı.

Evet, sabaha karşı görmüş...= ?

Sabaha karşı means towards morning, i.e. in the early hours of the morning.

Yes he had the dream in the early hours of the morning.

Üstelik siz de varsiniz rÿanin icinde.
= Furthermore you arrived in the dream?

Furthermore you were in his dream.

İşte bunu duyunca şaşırmıştım
= This would have made me confused?

şaşırmak = to be confused or surprised
duymak: to hear, duyunca: when someone heard (who it is is made clear by the ending on the other verb in the sentence).
işte: a general word, which can have many meanings in English. Maybe this, or you see this.

You see, when I heard this I was surprised

Thank you very much in advance, to the translator
I know there are plenty of mistakes here.....

No.. just it is an advanced text, that takes a lot of vocabulary to understand it. Well done, you were very close in most cases.

Thank you so much Caliptrix. I appreciate it

And by the way, it`s not only the first sentence that seems meeningless to me
This is a short story written by Nazli Eray.. and i have to say it is not easy to translate for beginners. The sentences are a bit weird, and hard to understand.

Thank you too Marion. I searched the internet for a translation of this novel, but couldn`t find it
So i just have to try. Still on page 2 though.

I agree, it`s a difficult one to translate. Especially for beginners like me... The teacher could have given us an easier task for our Christmas holiday


Again - thank you so much for taking the time to help me

How many pages is it?????

Just to let you know, a professional translator would only do about 5 to 7 pages in a day, if they are going to do a good job. Seems like a novel is far too much to expect you to translate on your holidays!

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But still ... 1,5 days for a professional would be 3 to 4 days for a student ... wow that's a load of homework!