14:30 Dec 3, 2009 

very useful indeed.

19:15 Dec 1, 2009 

more focus on the context.

Firstly, let me reformulate your sentence:
Ama tam bu iyiliği, bu kutsallığı ve adaletinden dolayı, bizden beklentisi (beklentileri) daha fazla OR bizden çok şey bekliyor
(precisely = tam or other synonyms...)


OR


Ama tam bu iyilik, bu kutsallık ve adalet, bize olan beklentilerini arttırıyor

In this context, I think tam or tamamen are "precisely" what you need. I don't see any error with your tam...

PS: I am aware, that my translation might not 100 % reflect the source text, but I always watch the show with the audience :)
Keep well!

14:29 Dec 1, 2009 

for the corrections and also for the extremely valuable warning that I must watch out for "Şüphesiz ki..."!

It is precisely this kind of religious terminology we wish to avoid in the Turkish Church. I did a quick search, and it seems that "Şüphesiz ki..." is not even used once in the modern translation of the Bible. The older translations were, I believe, done by people who weren’t actually followers of Jesus.

http://www.kutsalkitap.com/kkitap/?

As for doubt, it's human, nothing to throw up one’s arms in horror about. Jesus didn't do this either – look up what happened with one of His disciples, nicknamed “Doubting Thomas”(John 20:24).

All through the Bible you'll find people doubting God. So long as they are honest about their doubts and don't let them fester away unseen God is extraordinarily understanding with them.

12:59 Dec 1, 2009 

Dear SeiTT,

Firstly, I should say I am quite impressed with your translation. Few errors caught my eye though and I thaught I could help you there a little.

O zaman hırsızsın! Tanrı kendi cennetine yalancıları ya da küfürbazları ya da hırsızları hiçbir zaman kabul edemez. (very trivial errors: I have added 'ı' to yalancılar, küfürbazlar etc; no hiç bir but hiçbir)

Kutsal Kitap’ın / Mektup'un / (besides the sentence needs to be revised I think)
şunu yazıyor => (it is not wrong but I think I would rather say) şöyle geçmektedir OR şöyle geçer Or şöyle geçiyor

Greetings,

Binnur

12:39 Dec 1, 2009 

A good point, Emin!

11:02 Dec 1, 2009 

neither would I...

04:58 Dec 1, 2009 

As religous dogma wants belief of believer without any doubt, criticism, I think "şüphesiz ki" would be better answer. You may see this word in many places of Holly book. By the way, I would never think of any hidden agenda of Asker.

16:41 Nov 29, 2009 

Dear Mr Yıldırım,

I'm not sure if I fully catch your drift but I can assure you that the last thing I wish for is to be confrontational in any way.

The idea of “my religion vs your religion” couldn't be further from my mind. As I am always at pains to point out, true Christianity is a love relationship, a path, not a religion, so the question of competition doesn't even arise.

God bless you,

Simon

13:55 Nov 28, 2009 

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND DEAR ASKER "SeiTT" would be kindly to quit preferring its text out of specifically Christiasnity-related text (although accompanying an excuse, as with this one), especially its time, just when islamic word is having its holliest religious holiday, it might (should) have been asked to read ONLY "precisely" (with footnote "religion related" or else). Am I mistaken as a devoted linguist?

13:44 Nov 28, 2009 

For example the eminent Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet used this word and the below definition is from TDK (Turkish Language Society):

Doğruluğu, gerçekliği kesin olarak bilinen, gerçekliği kesinleşmiş:
"Yalnız muhakkak olan bir şey varsa o da, Orhan'ın bana fena hâlde âşık olduğudur."- N. Hikmet.

zarf Kesinlikle:
"Her birinin muhakkak bir yakın arkadaşı vardır."- E. Şafak.

13:37 Nov 28, 2009 

The word "Muhakkak" even of an Arabic origin, it is used widely and commonly in daily life. There so many words with arabic and persian origin in Turkish, which have a common use in daily life. So the word "muhakkak" is one of them and do not just pertain to Islamic text, nothwithsanding the Islam is the core of Turkish culture.

13:30 Nov 28, 2009 

Muhakkak would be a choice with some distinction, but not sure for this context, though the world is Arabic (origin) and much belong to islamic dictionary (your text is not). Also 'Hak' in 'Muhakkak' means Allah. Details for people, if only your client is a theologist.