Translation - Turkish-English - Halka, eğe ile törpülenip koparılmıştır; ama...

Before edition:
The fetter has been broken by being rasped with a file; but it is understood that it doesn't belong to one of the prisoners who have run away from the ship again at the same night; because it is the fetter which was rasped a long time ago.


Hi Handyy, please tell me if the edition changed in any way the original meaning, OK?

The fetter was broken using a file; but it was understood that it wasn't belong to one of the..

Hi Lilian,

Actually, here present tense is used in the source text, that's why I used it. I think it is a piece of story, so present simple is used there.

Hi handyy,

Since it took some time for you to answer my post, I set a poll for this translation. At the poll it got enough and only positive votes, so I thought it should be validated.
Don't you think it's accurate? If so, we can bring it back to evaluation and make the changes you think we should before setting a new poll for it.

What do you say?

OK Lilian, I understand. Sorry again for my absence.

I think it must be in present tense. Is this accurate in terms of sequence of tenses? :


"The fetter has been broken using a file; but it is understood that it doesn't belong to one of the prisoners who have run away from the ship that same night; because it is a fetter which has been/was filed long time ago."

Well if you have to use present it should be:

The fetter has been broken using a file; but it is understood that it doesn't belong to one of the prisoners who ran away from the ship that same night; because it is a fetter which was filed long time ago."

Ok, Lilian, I'll edit it accordingly.

Oopps, I can't edit it as it was validated!

Done!