Now I am curious to know how this (I barely hold myself not to cry) is said in Turkish. This might be something I can use in Turkish conversations later. I am trying to improve my poor Turkish conversational skills, and sometimes mimicking common expressions, and learning phrases can help build confidence. 

I want to help with a small correction. This sentence is understandable but sounds strange in English. I would say "I barely held back the tears (myself)" or "I could barely hold myself back from crying".

Unfortunately I can´t explain the English grammar reasons for this.  

Şırdan is made neither with penis nor intestine.   It is made with abomasum which is one of the 4 compartments  of the sheep stomach.

rumen  (işkembe),

reticulum (börkenek),

omasum (kırkbayır), 

abomasum (şırdan, şirden)

And in Turkish, this part is named Şırdan. The meal which is cooked with this part is named with the same name.

So stop pretending you are Turkish.

Found it, it´ s call "Şırdan" .

Hi all

I found the following sentence in Turkish version of Debian project Social Contract, and I have a few questions about it:

Sözleşmenin bir parçası olan Debian Özgür Yazılım Yönergeleri (DFSG), başta uymayı kabul ettiğimiz tahaddütler olarak hazırlanmış, ardından Açık Kaynak Tanımı´nın temelleri olarak özgür yazılım topluluğuna bırakılmıştır.

1. I could not find translation for word "tahaddütler" - I think it is misspelt "taahhütler" ("commitments")? Am I right about it? Yes

2. My attempt to translate this sentence (with the help of the original version in English )

Sözleşmenin bir parçası olan Debian Özgür Yazılım Yönergeleri (DFSG), başta uymayı kabul ettiğimiz taahhütler olarak hazırlanmış, (...)

In the beginning, Debian Free Software Guidelines, which are part of the Contract, were prepared as set of commitments which we agreed to conform to.  (correct)

(...)ardından Açık Kaynak Tanımı´nın temelleri olarak özgür yazılım topluluğuna bırakılmıştır.

Later, they have been left to free software community as the basis of Open Source Definition. (correct)

I have a question about "bırakılmıştır" verb here - in English original, this part of sentence has the following counterpart:

has been adopted by the free software community as the basis of the Open Source Definition.

So the meaning is more like "rules of DFSG guidelines were later used by free software community...". However, when I look at Turkish translation, I feel like the meaning of the translated sentence is "DFSG guidelines were left (e.g. by people who created them) to free software community, which later used it in ...". I think that meanings are slightly different here - Turkish version sounds to me like if it assumed active role of "someone" in "giving" the guidelines to free software community; while, in English translation, I think it is more like "free software community took guidelines, and used it in Open Source Definition". Not sure if that makes sense

I wonder if my doubts about meanings of both sentence are correct - or maybe "bırakılmıştır" can be used here, and Turkish sentence has exactly the same meaning as English one? What do you think about it?

My attempts as learner:

Allah aşkınızı uzun sürdürsün. - May Allah make your love last long.

Allah aşkınızı uzatsın. - Literally (at least in my opinion ) : Let Allah prolong your love.

But please remember that these are only learner´s attempts - I recommend for you to wait for advanced learner or Turkish native speaker, so they may say if these translations sound natural at all.

Okay, no more arguments. America is an evil empire. It is the root of all of Turkey´s problems. Even if the Cold War and, hopefully, the era of Turkish coups are past. And even if the men who made the policies of those years are long gone. ... If blaming America makes you feel better, AlphaF, that is your choice. I myself prefer optimism and self-determination.