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Title

ayasofya..

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Submitted by

SOAN

Source language: Turkish

1935 yÄ±lÄ±ndan bu yana mÃ¼ze olarak gezilen Ayasofya, Bizansâ€™a tanÄ±klÄ±k yapÄ±p OsmanlÄ±â€™yÄ± yaÅŸayan ender yapÄ±lardan biri olarak yÄ±l boyunca her Ã¼lkeden gelen turistler tarafÄ±ndan ziyaret ediliyor. Zamana meydan okuyan dev yapÄ±da, iklim koÅŸullarÄ±, yer sarsÄ±ntÄ±larÄ± gibi etkilerle oluÅŸan tahribat gÃ¼nÃ¼mÃ¼zde titiz ve itinalÄ± bir restorasyon Ã§alÄ±ÅŸmasÄ± ile giderilmeye Ã§alÄ±ÅŸÄ±lÄ±yor.

Title

Hagia Sophia

Translation

English

Translated by

kafetzou

Target language: English

The Hagia Sophia, open to the public since 1935 as a museum, is visited by tourists from every country all year long as one of the unique structures bearing witness to the Byzantine era yet experiencing the Ottoman era as well. Work is being done today to remove damage to the colossal structure, challenged by time, climatic conditions, earthquakes and other such influences, by means of a precise and painstaking restoration project.

Validated by samanthalee - 5 April 2007 01:53

Last messages

	Author	Message
		3 April 2007 21:04
	irini Number of messages: 849	I don't know any Turkish but the meaning of the text seems a bit weird. I specifically refer to "toured" and "first known in Byzantine times and making the Ottoman era come alive". We're talking about an ex-church, ex-mosque here. It wasn't "known" in Byzantine times, it was built in Byzantine times and had nothing to do with the rise of the Ottoman empire. I am obviously not saying that the translation is not precise or correct but I just thought I'd note my thoughts.
		4 April 2007 01:31
	samanthalee Number of messages: 235	Hi irini, perhaps "open to public since 1935 as a museum" sounds better? I understood the phrase "making the Ottoman era come alive" as the museum making the era come alive for the visitors.
		4 April 2007 01:50
	irini Number of messages: 849	Hagia Sophia Well everything's possible I guess but what about ""first known in Byzantine times" ? I most certainly like "open to public" more but then, as I said, I don't speak Turkish.
		4 April 2007 06:48
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Thanks for your feedback, you two. I've changed a few things according to your suggestions. I'm not sure what you didn't like about "Hagia Sophia", though - that's how it's known in English. P.S. It was not a museum during the Ottoman Empire - it was a mosque, as Irini said.
		4 April 2007 10:24
	samanthalee Number of messages: 235	For "to remove damage to the colossal structure, challenged by time", I am thinking perhaps it will be less confusing if it is written as "to repair damages to the colossal structure, inflicted by the passage of time" I'm not sure if my suggested change is different from the original meaning..
		4 April 2007 11:46
	irini Number of messages: 849	Ah! Now I understand! Perfect, thanks! And who said I didn't or don't like "Hagia Sophia"?
		4 April 2007 14:39
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	1) Thanks for the suggestion, Samantha, but that seems more confusing to me, especially since the appositive "inflicted" comes right after "structure", making it seem like the structure was inflicted. I don't really see anything wrong with the original sentence, although I agree that the word "challenged" is a bit odd in this context - still I think it's fairly clear. 2) Irini, I guess I misunderstood what you meant when you said, "Hagia Sophia? Well everything's possible I guess."
		4 April 2007 18:05
	irini Number of messages: 849	Oh, that was a sort of comment to Samantha's comment about Hagia Sophia making the Ottoman Empire come alive
		5 April 2007 01:46
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Oh - I get it now.
		17 April 2007 09:04
	SOAN Number of messages: 1	thanks..