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kendini satmak

English translation: sell out to


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08:54 Oct 27, 2009
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Military
Turkish term or phrase: kendini satmak
........... kendini .........'ya sattı.
savaş sürüyor ve bu arkadaş bu terimle biraz da kukla bir yönetimden bahsediyor
aydin kaya
Local time: 00:52
English translation:sell out to
Explanation:
sell (sb) out
sell (sb) out (BREAK PROMISE) phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to not do what you have promised someone you will do or what you should do because you will get more advantages for yourself if you do something else:
French farmers feel they've been sold out by their government in the negotiations.
***They've sold out to the road transport lobby (= done what these people wanted).***

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Çağdaş Karataş
Turkey
Local time: 00:52
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8sell out to
Çağdaş Karataş
5 +1betray
Gulay Baran
5 +1selling oneself (himself/herself)
Murat BAŞ
4 +1sell his soul
chevirmen
5traitor
Salih YILDIRIM
5 -2self-sacreification
Salih YILDIRIM


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sell his soul


Explanation:
Play false, double cross olarak da kullanılabilir.

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http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/sell out

chevirmen
Turkey
Local time: 00:52
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TurkishTurkish
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agree  emine mizyal adsiz
23 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
sell out to


Explanation:
sell (sb) out
sell (sb) out (BREAK PROMISE) phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to not do what you have promised someone you will do or what you should do because you will get more advantages for yourself if you do something else:
French farmers feel they've been sold out by their government in the negotiations.
***They've sold out to the road transport lobby (= done what these people wanted).***



Çağdaş Karataş
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Local time: 00:52
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agree  Balaban Cerit: Örn: "He committed suicide rather than sell out to the enemy" VEYA "The far-left Amy Goodman types think that NPR has sold out to the right".
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agree  Fatih Şen: Precisely... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selling_out
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agree  Nurhayat KOKLU: Kesinlikle...
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agree  Tim Drayton
6 hrs
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agree  Erkan Dogan: "X sold him/herself out to"
8 hrs
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agree  Alp Berker
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agree  Ayşen Burcu Bölükbaşı
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agree  mzahit29
13 days
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
selling oneself (himself/herself)


Explanation:
"he sold himself for ......bucks/dollar/Euro" etc.

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http://www.google.com.tr/search?hl=tr&q=" he sold himself f...

Murat BAŞ
Turkey
Local time: 00:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Balaban Cerit: Örn: "Another politician who sold himself to the highest bidder" veya "He sold himself to the emperor Charles VI."
18 mins
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neutral  Cuneyt Arslan: pardon, açıklamayı şimdi gördüm. betrayal-vari bir durum var.
1 hr
  -> o noktalı yerde (........'ya sattı) bir para, mal, çıkar vs. varsa tespitim doğrudur. Öyle değilse bilemem. Soruyu soran arkadaşımızın şu an cevabın doğrusunu en iyi bilen kişi olduğunu düşünüyorum.
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
self-sacreification


Explanation:
I'd employ this term.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Çağdaş Karataş: Salih Bey, ihanetten bahsediliyor soruda. Self-sacrification neredeyse tam tersi değil mi?
16 mins
  -> Haklısınız, "traitor" olmalıdıydı (Bu arada bozuk İngşilizce ile yazılmış bir yazılı çevirisi var elimde) sebep kafa allak bullak. Teşekkür ederim.
disagree  Tim Drayton: Bir kere 'self-sacrification' değil 'self-sacrifice' olacaktı.
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
traitor


Explanation:
2. tanımı yapmada cüretimi Çağdaş Bey'in uyarısına borçluyum.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
betray


Explanation:
kendini satmak ---> betray

...ihanet/hainlik etmek, düşmana satmak

Tarihi kitaplarda böyle kullanıldığını hatırlıyorum.

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... but betray himself to his enemy. What Happens when Promises Can't Be Relied on?

Gulay Baran
Turkey
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Cuneyt Arslan: katılıyorum.
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