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Původní text - Anglicky - "her face as white as her close-cropped hair was black"

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"her face as white as her close-cropped hair was black"
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Zdrojový jazyk: Anglicky

"No, no of course not," said Mespa, holding on to the edge of the pitching boat, her face as white as her close-cropped hair was black.
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Yukarıdaki cümlede "her face as white as her close-cropped hair was black" ifadesini anlayamıyorum ve Türkçe çevirisini yapamıyorum. Mespa, romandaki zenci kadındır. İçinde bulunduğu kayıkla fırtınalı bir denizde yolculuk etmektedir. İlgilendiğiniz için teşekkürler.
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21 duben 2007 20:28





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22 duben 2007 02:36

kafetzou
Počet příspěvků: 7963
I could try to translate it into Turkish, but my literary Turkish is not that good. I'll explain it to you, though - maybe that will help (you and the translator).

"her face as white as her close-cropped hair was black" is comparing only the degree to which it was white, but it wasn't really white - that's just an expression meaning she was scared because the boat was "pitching" (rocking). Here's a loose translation:

"her face showed that she was very scared"

About the comparison: If her hair was very, very black, then her face had become very, very white (she was very, very scared).

"close-cropped" means that it (her hair) had been cut very short.

22 duben 2007 19:39

Cthulhu_Dawn
Počet příspěvků: 5
Thanks a lot for the translation. I realized that i had misunderstood the sentence, so i did the translation wrong. I am not a translator but i love to read "the original text" and one of my hobbies is to try to translate my favorite English texts(novels, poems, etc) into Turkish language.
Thanks.

22 duben 2007 23:02

kafetzou
Počet příspěvků: 7963
You're welcome - I wasn't going to do it (I was going to leave it for a native speaker to do), but after I got done explaining it to you, I decided I might as well go ahead and do it - the worst that can happen is that it gets rejected by the Turkish evaluator.

P.S. Nice hobby - you can put it to use on the cucumis site!

4 květen 2007 17:19

Cthulhu_Dawn
Počet příspěvků: 5
Thank you again...
accept my apologizes please.. i saw your message "today"...because of this i couldnt write a reply message to you...it's a good thing to find an expert translator around when you look for...)
i must say that we're glad you stay (you're not going to leave) sir...
and thanks for the P.S...but i'm afraid i have not enough information about translating texts...not as enough as you and the cucumis people (did i write it right??..i dont think so )..)
well...goodbye...

5 květen 2007 00:05

kafetzou
Počet příspěvků: 7963
Umm ... was this directed to me? "i must say that we're glad you stay (you're not going to leave) sir... "

I don't understand (and I'm female, by the way).

5 květen 2007 13:24

Cthulhu_Dawn
Počet příspěvků: 5
oh...i'm sorry then....thanks for reminding..
i think it was directed to you...i've thought you are about to stop this work (translating) (on this web site). and i just wanted to say i would be glad if you went on doing this job.
ok...
take care of yourself...
goodbye

5 květen 2007 15:01

kafetzou
Počet příspěvků: 7963
Why did you think I was going to stop translating on this site?