Translation - Turkish-English - keÅŸ esrarcÄ± ot iÃ§iyo kanka bu

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Title	keÅŸ esrarcÄ± ot iÃ§iyo kanka bu
Text Submitted by typy	Source language: Turkish keÅŸ esrarcÄ± ot iÃ§iyo kanka bu
Remarks about the translation	No punctuations : "meaning only"

Title	He's junkie..
Translation English Translated by Framrasel	Target language: English She's a junkie, dude, she's smoking hashish.
Remarks about the translation	Or "He is a junkie dude, he's smoking hashish." The author should indicate the gender of the person who has been mentioned in the text.

Validated by Chantal - 10 February 2010 07:40

Last messages

	Author	Message
		23 January 2010 11:18
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	"dude" is male, Blood brother, he is a junkie, he's smoking hashish.
		24 January 2010 11:40
	Framrasel Number of messages: 6	"Dude" points the person who author's talking to, it's not the person who has been mentioned in the text. So we can't say anything about that person's gender, mentioned in the text. Also the text is written in daily speaking language so "dude" would be properer than "blood brother" in use. Both gives the same meaning though.
		24 January 2010 20:41
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	Dear Framrasel, "dude" means "friend" not "blood brother". As you know "to be blood brother" has an another meaning. if you want to use "dude"...> "She's junkie, dude" is better.
		3 February 2010 16:35
	Chantal Number of messages: 878	merdogan, the word bloodbrother isn't appropriate in English for how it's used in Turkish.. In Turkish it just means 'mate' as far as I know (which in English then does refer to a male, but i've also only heard boys using kanka..)
		3 February 2010 19:43
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	dear Chantal, As I know there is a word for bloodbrother in English and it is "sworn".
		7 February 2010 15:19
	Chantal Number of messages: 878	sworn? I don't think so.. it's only the past participle of swear? Where did you get this from? Anyway, I still think that 'mate' should be used here, merdogan am I right that 'kanka' is usually used between boys? Would you say 'kanka' to a girl?
		7 February 2010 17:05
	merdogan Number of messages: 3769	dear Chantal, Please visit http://www.zargan.com. Can it be "sworn brothers" ? Yes you are right ,'kanka= KAN KArdeÅŸi' is usually used between boys. We say "blood brothers". As you know "brother" is a boy.
		7 February 2010 17:15
	Chantal Number of messages: 878	You could say sworn brothers, but it doesn't sound like something you'd use every day (so not like kanka is used). Therefore I think dude or mate is better..
		9 February 2010 17:05
	Framrasel Number of messages: 6	Chantal, you can call a girl as "kanka" even if it's more common between boys. It's about the good manners but that's something else. Merdogan, I agree with Chantal. Mate or dude would be better in use.
		9 February 2010 23:31
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Maybe a comma after "junkie" would be fine, this way one can see "dude" is about the addressee. You know these little punctuations were not issued just to give more work to the one who's typing : "She's a junkie, dude, she's smoking hashish" Note : Requester didn't use punctuations, the text should have been submitted in meaning only.