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Translation - Turks-Engels - Egemen yasaları yapar ve yaptığı yasalar bağımlı değildir

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Egemen yasaları yapar ve yaptığı yasalar bağımlı değildir
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Submitted by ruby_anathema
Source language: Turks

Egemen yasaları yapar ve yaptığı yasalar bağımlı değildir

Title
The Sovereign
Translation
Engels

Translated by kfeto
Target language: Engels

The Sovereign makes the laws and the laws made stand alone.
Remarks about the translation
last part can also be:
'are not dependant on others'
'are not bound'
'are independent'
'are acknowledged at once'
Laaste geakkrediteerde redigering deur kafetzou - 7 April 2008 16:40





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25 March 2008 00:55

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
hehe
do i detect a bit of sexism there francky?
turkish is genderless.
besides a woman being a sovereign just as easily as a man

i chose 'it' mainly because sovereign could also mean parliament and in in the source language it most likely refers to that

25 March 2008 01:03

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Hi kfeto.

what about:
..."and the laws made...?

That would end the gender issue.

26 March 2008 07:50

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
thanks lilian

1 April 2008 06:02

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
kfeto the end should be: are not bound

1 April 2008 06:15

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
thank you lilian. you are right
well that clears up the contradiction

ps how did you know that? im curious:-)

1 April 2008 06:26

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
dependent?

1 April 2008 06:35

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
well bagimli is an adjective to 'the laws' for which i'd incorrectly used binding,
they mean to say that the laws are not dependent on the permission of anything else to be effictive so i felt using an adjective in english too would be ok
in meaning it is bound rather than binding like you pointed out since the laws are the object of 'to bind'.

1 April 2008 06:50

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
For what you explained kfeto, I think that if I got it right, you mean that

"The Sovereign makes the laws and they are acknowledged at once."

Is that correct?

1 April 2008 21:38

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
i don't know honestly, bagimli means dependent, literally bound, but the interpretation "dependent [on the permission of anything else to be effective]" is just that: my interpretation which is incomplete probably or maybe even wrong, so I'd rather leave it like this. perhaps a poll among turkish speakers could shed some light on it.

4 April 2008 13:13

dramati
Number of messages: 972
so put it to a vote already. We don't have time for this guys

4 April 2008 15:38

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
yeah nine days for one sentence is slow.
i've noticed most submitters don't wait that long. they just go with the first translation before it's validated.

5 April 2008 08:04

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
This doesn't make sense in English. We need more than just "dependent" - the English speaking reader asks, "Dependent on what?" Unfortunately, though, I don't have any suggestions. As for being slow, dramati, I don't think that is a reason to pass a translation that is still not comprehensible to an English-speaking reader.

CC: dramati

5 April 2008 20:03

dramati
Number of messages: 972
I think they are talking about not being dependent on anything. Another way of saying this could be "The Sovereign makes the laws and the laws made are independent." As in not dependented on anyting. Probaly it would be wrong to say that they are not dependent on anything, because the logic here would say that a Sovereign makes a law for a reason, and the reason is dependent on some subjective or objective need on the part of the soverign or state, however, a Sovereign who is not obliged to go to a governing body will make his laws and these laws are independent (i.e. not dependent on anytihing other than his will).

5 April 2008 20:07

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Do you think English speakers will understand the implied meaning there? I'm not sure - I know I didn't until I read the discussion. I even tried it out on my boyfriend, and he had no idea what it meant.

How about "not dependant on others", although I'm not sure that's any better.

Or how about "stand alone"?

5 April 2008 20:23

dramati
Number of messages: 972
All good choices Laura!

7 April 2008 07:51

dramati
Number of messages: 972
Still waiting to see what you want to do kfeto. No one likes it the way it is, so you should do something.

7 April 2008 12:21

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
i dont know dramati
i thought it would be subjected to a poll?
and go from the suggestions made

7 April 2008 16:41

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Actually, kfeto, we usually don't conduct a poll until we deem the English to be correct, and even then we only need to do that if we don't understand the source language, but since I understand Turkish, it's not necessary in this case.

7 April 2008 16:41

kfeto
Number of messages: 953
ok.
then, i dont know.
You should edit as you think is best?

7 April 2008 16:45

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
I did.
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