Translation - Turkish-English - Uzun zamandır yazamadım üzgünüm.Dedem öldü.Burda...

Hi Mesud,

Do you mean 'prayers are being said and food is being eaten'?

Or maybe 'prayers were (being) said and food was (being) eaten'?

From the last two sentences, it sounds like these things were happening and are no longer happening (option 2).

I see. How about this?

Prayers are said here in the deceased’s house for seven days and food is eaten.

Same thing although 'food is (being) eaten' sounds better than 'foods are (being) eaten'.

My question is: is this still going on? Are they still praying and eating? When I read the last sentences (I was constantly there. I didn't have time to write.) I get the impression it is no longer going on. If it is past, prayers were said (or being said) and food was eaten (or being eaten).

I replaced ‘his house’ with ‘the deceased’s house’ to show that this is a regular thing like a ritual. (e.g. in our culture prayers are said in the deceased’s house) Am I correct?

Ah, I see what you are getting at. I think it is the word 'here' which made me think 'here in the deceased's house', implying the writer is still in that house.
To make this clear, what would you think of 'It is customary here to say prayers and to eat food in the house of a deceased person'?
Or else, maybe 'Here, prayers are said in the house of a deceased person'? Just to separate 'here [in this country] from 'in the / this house'. Let me know what you think

I knew 'here' would not be fitting in that position!

If we were true to the original, we could go with your second suggestion . First one, on the other hand, sounds better to me.

Just a reminder: there is also ‘for seven days’

I have edited and set a poll - let me know if you would like to see anything changed