Translation - Turkish-English - iyi akÅŸamlar seni kovalasÄ±n tavÅŸanlar

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Title	iyi akÅŸamlar seni kovalasÄ±n tavÅŸanlar
Text Submitted by lunatunes	Source language: Turkish iyi akÅŸamlar seni kovalasÄ±n tavÅŸanlar

Title	Good evening, and may rabbits chase you.
Translation English Translated by kafetzou	Target language: English Good evening.
Remarks about the translation	The literal translation is, "Good evening, and may rabbits chase you," but this is a rhyme commonly used by students in Turkey. The meaning is only "Good evening," but the second half is added on just because it rhymes. By the way, the original uses much stronger language - this is the softened version. In the original version, the verb is not "chase".

Validated by handyy - 13 December 2008 16:20

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	Author	Message
		13 December 2008 16:20
	handyy Number of messages: 2118	Kafetzou, your comments are correct. It just means "Good evening". But I wonder if there is such a saying -of course not the same but close to this one- in English. ?? And I guess the Danish version should be edited. CC: Anita_Luciano
		13 December 2008 16:27
	lunatunes Number of messages: 73	sleep tight, donÂ´t let the bedbugs bite ;-)
		13 December 2008 16:34
	handyy Number of messages: 2118	Super! Thank you Lunatunes!
		13 December 2008 16:44
	lunatunes Number of messages: 73	you are very welcome :-) Anytime :-) Luna
		13 December 2008 18:04
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Oh yeah - good suggestion, lunatunes!
		13 December 2008 18:06
	handyy Number of messages: 2118	Should we add it Kafetzou? or just leave it as it is?
		13 December 2008 18:14
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	That would be great to rhyme with "Good night", but not with "Good evening", and I guess you can't change the greeting, can you Kafetzou?
		13 December 2008 18:20
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Oh - right - that's true. I was thinking of the other Turkish one: "Ä°yi geceler - kovalsÄ±n (or worse) seni cÃ¼celer." - Good night, and may dwarves chase you (or worse).
		13 December 2008 18:28
	handyy Number of messages: 2118	When translating it literally, there is no rhyme. So "sleep tight, donÂ´t let the bedbugs bite" is still my favourite.
		13 December 2008 18:50
	lunatunes Number of messages: 73	well, since I was the one who asked for the translation from turkish, I guess you donÂ´t have to add it to my requested translations :-) Thanks to everyone for all the help. This site ( and its people) has really helped me a lot lately ;-) If I can help with anything please donÂ´t hesitate to ask.. hope you had a nice turkish holiday the last 4-5 days and best wishes for the upcomming christmas in the states and in Brazil :-) Luna