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Translation - Arabic-English - سَوْفَ أَبِيعُ قِدْرَ الْعَسَلِ. وَ أَشْتَرِي...

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Title
سَوْفَ أَبِيعُ قِدْرَ الْعَسَلِ. وَ أَشْتَرِي...
Text
Submitted by oxyii
Source language: Arabic

سَوْفَ أَبِيعُ قِدْرَ الْعَسَلِ. وَ أَشْتَرِي بِهِ عَنْزَةً. وَ الْعَنْزَةُ أَتْرُكُهَا تَرْعَ الْحَشِيشِ فَتَكْبُرُ. وَ تَلِدُ
كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَنْزَاتِ.

Title
I will sell the honey pot. and I will buy
Translation
English

Translated by hamza778
Target language: English

I will sell the honey pot. And I will buy a goat with the money. I will feed the goat so it will grow. And it will bear a lot of goats.
Remarks about the translation
Or:
I will sell the honey pot to buy a goat. I will feed the goat so it will grow. And it will bear a lot of goats.
Last validated or edited by Lein - 31 January 2012 15:18





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24 January 2012 13:31

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
Hi experts

Could one of you give me a vote or an opinion please? I only have one vote for this translation.
Thanks!

CC: Belhassen jaq84

28 January 2012 14:45

jaq84
Number of messages: 568
I'm ok with the meaning being conveyed. But are you ok with the English sentence with respect to structure?? Can we say something like:
'I will sell the honey pot to buy a goat'.
I guess that is less wordy if you find the meaning is still the same.

31 January 2012 15:18

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
Done! Thank you!

4 February 2012 13:02

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
Is it "honey pot" or "honey in pot" ?

6 February 2012 13:08

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
If you sell the honey together with the pot, it would be 'honey pot'. Of course, if you sell only the pot, it would also be 'honey pot', so context will tell you which of the two it is (usually the first option I think )
If you sell the honey, but not the pot (eg people bring their own pot and you fill it for them) it would be 'the honey from the pot'.

9 February 2012 09:38

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
Thanks dear Lein,
I know them but we use in Turkish only ; "I will sell honey and...". Do we need to use here "the pot" or is English version not O.K ?

9 February 2012 12:57

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
I don't think the meaning radically changes.

I will sell the honey
I will sell the honey pot

So I will leave this as it is.

9 February 2012 16:11

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
This situation is different in Turkish. Is what is sold the honey or the honey pot?

In Turkey, when you say 'I sell honey pots', it doesn't mean that honey and pots are sold together. You would have meant that you sell just pots. Moreover, in Turkey, you say 'Today, I'll buy some honey at grocery store' even if they are sold together and you don't say 'I'll buy a honey pot at grocery store' because honey pots aren't sold there.

If what is sold is the honey, the Turkish translation ought to be edited.

9 February 2012 21:28

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
I agree w. Mesud.
And it is for me;
"I will sell enough honey for buying a goat."
I suppose English version is not right.