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12Translation - Turkish-English - Elinden geleni yaptıktan sonra, Sıra ayağından geleni yapmakta; 'Gitmek gibi mesela'

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Elinden geleni yaptıktan sonra, Sıra ayağından geleni yapmakta; 'Gitmek gibi mesela'
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Submitted by comeandgetit
Source language: Turkish

Elinden geleni yaptıktan sonra, Sıra ayağından geleni yapmakta; 'Gitmek gibi mesela'

Title
Lend a foot...
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English

Translated by Mesud2991
Target language: English

After you've lent a hand in every way you can, it's time to lend a foot - and go, for example!
Validated by Lein - 9 December 2010 18:01





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7 December 2010 18:12

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
Hi Laura,

I have a feeling this is an expression and maybe it shouldn't be translated literally - is that the case? Could you take care of this one?
Thanks

CC: kafetzou

8 December 2010 06:06

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
It's a play on words in Turkish, and it doesn't work in English, because we can't say "put your best hand forward" in English. Maybe it would work like this:

After you've lent a hand in every way you can, it's time to lend a foot - and go, for example!

9 December 2010 13:21

Lein
Number of messages: 3389
Rollingmaster, I have edited according to kafetzou's suggestion. Please reply to the messages we leave under translations

9 December 2010 17:30

merdogan
Number of messages: 3769
and go, for example!...> "like to go" for example !

14 December 2010 01:47

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
MerdoÄŸan, your suggestion above does not work in English. You could say this, though:

" - like by going, for example!"

This may be difficult to understand if read with the wrong intonation, though. My original version is clearer.