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İki dayımında çocukları evlatlık. Umarım Allah...
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Submitted by comeandgetit
Source language: Turkish

İki dayımında çocukları evlatlık. Umarım Allah birgün sizede nasip eder

Title
The children my two uncles have are ...
Translation
English

Translated by merdogan
Target language: English

The children my two uncles have are adopted. I hope God gives you one someday too.
Last validated or edited by lilian canale - 9 February 2013 23:31





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8 February 2013 15:59

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
First sentence is wrong:

The children of both my uncle are adopted.

8 February 2013 20:31

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
???????
If you want to change my choice, it can be "My two uncle's children are also adopted.".
But I suppose there isn't a big differance.

8 February 2013 20:46

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
>But I suppose there isn't a big differance.

Disagree. It should be as I wrote above.

8 February 2013 21:27

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
))
The children of both my uncle ????


8 February 2013 21:39

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
So what?

8 February 2013 21:46

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
))

9 February 2013 14:17

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Come on, guys!
I'm a bit upset by the eternal disagreement that has grown between you. That only makes evaluations difficult and tiring.

Could you please stop that tiff?

The children of both my uncle are adopted
My two uncle's children are also adopted

9 February 2013 14:30

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
The sentence that's up there is wrong, Lilian. My suggestion is "The children of both my uncle are adopted.". If you find this incorrect, so be it. But I don't agree this translation is correct.

9 February 2013 14:54

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
In other words, "both my uncles have adopted children."

9 February 2013 14:57

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Let's see if I understand.

Do you mean that the meaning is wrong?

If so, I don't see that much difference.

All the sentences (when written correctly) mean about the same: I have some cousins who were adopted.

9 February 2013 15:02

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
both my uncles ---> my two uncles/two uncles of mine/two of my uncles (if I have more uncles)

9 February 2013 15:05

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
> Two brothers of my mother have also adopted children

This is an action carried out by the person's uncles.

9 February 2013 15:06

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
There are two uncles and both of them have adopted children.

9 February 2013 15:13

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Yes Mesud,

I see that "There are two uncles and both of them have adopted children" so...

We can express that by:

Two uncles of mine/Two of my uncles have adopted children (in case I have more than 2 uncles)

My two uncles have adopted children (if I have only two uncles)

Now, tell me which one would convey the meaning better? Does the sentence in Turkish make that clear?

9 February 2013 15:28

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
None of them. No one has adopted children. The writer says the children are adopted.

Could you please tell me what is the difference between these two sentences?

He has adopted a child.
His child is adopted.

I'm extremely puzzled here.

9 February 2013 15:46

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
It's simple:

He has adopted a child.
(here "adopted" is the past participle of the verb "adopt" as part of the present perfect used in the sentence)

His child is adopted. (here "adopted" is an adjective)

But the only problem here is that we must define what is the important information the line wants to pass.

Is it that "someone in my family adopted a child" or is it that "there are some people in my family who are adopted"?

9 February 2013 15:54

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
>But the only problem here is that we must define what is the important information the line wants to pass

Now I got it The line has two senses and would make readers confused.

> Is it that "someone in my family adopted a child" or is it that "there are some people in my family who are adopted"?

The latter, of course.

9 February 2013 18:05

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
OK. Then, I think the best versions would be:

"The children my two uncles have are adopted" (all were adopted)
"My uncles have (2,3 some) children who were adopted"

or simply:

"I have some adopted cousins"


9 February 2013 18:40

Mesud2991
Number of messages: 1331
Hmm.. If I were to be true to the source text, I'd go with the first option.