Translation - After marriage (English)

Hi merdogan,
Any idea what is meant by 'to meet all of them'? To meet all my obligations? To buy everything I want?
Thanks! In the mean time I have set a poll.

It can be "to pay" or "to cover".

Hi! The French version by Bilge is slightly different, talking about the end of the last sentence.

Bilge, could you help?

Thanks!


CC: Bilge Ertan

I don’t have enough money to meet all of them. --> I don’t have the economic power to meet all of them. ('them' refers to the needs to be met)

Hello guys!

I didn't translate the last sentence word by word. If I did, it would be like that "Je n'ai pas assez de force économique pour payer tout ça." which means:

"I don't have enough economic power to pay all of that"

I think there's not a big difference. But if you think it will be better to change, we can do that

The last sentence needs rewriting.. e.g, I don't have enough savings for that.

Sorry to interfere, but I think that even not using the same words, the last line would sound more natural in English and be grammatically correct as:

"Since I divorced from my wife I've had to give her half of my salary, I can't afford all that."

Does that convey the original?

CC: Bilge Ertan itsatrap100 Mesud2991

Hello Lilian,

It does not convey completely. Because from the Turkish text, we see that the person haven't divorced from her wife yet. He means, when he'll be divorced, he'll have to give his salary. But your last sentence is exactly correct: " I can't afford all that" sounds really more natural.

CC: lilian canale

I agree with Bilge Ertan.

Oh...I thought he was already divorced

then...what about this?

"After I divorce from my wife I'll have to give her half of my salary, I can't afford all that."

CC: Bilge Ertan

Yes, that's it! I think this is much better. We should use it. Thanks Lilian!

CC: lilian canale

"I don’t have enough economic power to afford all that."
is O.k for me.

Actually, it's not clear. We can't be sure 100% if he divorced or not. I think he most probably divorced from her wife ('maaşımın yarısını eşime ödemek zorundayım' was used in the present tense)

I think he didn't yet because he says " ...sonra = after ".
He could say " I am paying her half of my salary".
At least he dosen't want to divorce and he plays with another woman.

Still, we can't know it. To clarify, "Şu anda maddi durumum iyi değil. Biliyorsun eşimden boşandıktan sonra ona her ay düzenli olarak para yollamak zorundayım."

Dear rollingmaster,
In original text there is nothing like this.

Fine by me, I can't see the fr. trans. now.

Actually, I agree with merdogan. I understand that he haven't divorced yet, because if it was the case, then he would say: "Karımdan boşandığım için..." But here he is talking about the future plans. He is still maried with a women and he wants to leave her to marry with his lover. But he can't be sure because he knows that if he divorces from his actual wife, he will have to pay her some money. I am pretty sure that the case is like that.

I agree, I just gave an example of the fact that they might have divorced from each other because I’m not sure. The text might be telling us something like in my example. The man wants to marry but he has difficulty with his financial situation. Why? Because he divorced from his wife and the court order specified that he must pay his wife half of his salary. Most probably this is the case but I’m not pretty sure. Maybe he's married and cheating on his wife. If he divorce from his wife, he’ll have to pay her some money and he doesn’t want to marry with lover. However, if the case were like that, the following sentence would be “I will not be able to have the economic power to meet all of them”

In brief, "Eşimden boşandıktan sonra maaşımın yarısını eşime ödemek zorundayım" means 'they divorced from each other' (as in my example) as well as 'they are still married' (like you said).

Wouldn't it be easier to ask paradox1 what his real situation is (about to divorce - already divorced - just thinking about divorcing) so that we can present an accurate translation?

Bilge, could you do that, please?

CC: Bilge Ertan