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Aralanıp aralarına aldılar

English translation: Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.

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Turkish term or phrase:	Aralanıp aralarına aldılar
English translation:	Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.
Entered by:	Mariette van Heteren

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10:32 Aug 7, 2009

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Turkish term or phrase: Aralanıp aralarına aldılar

Camiden namazgaha gelindi. Alayı burada binlerce Ankaralı karşıladı. Aralanıp aralarına aldılar.

Mariette van Heteren KudoZ activity Questions: 1071 (none open) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 504 Turkey
Local time: 06:24

Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.

Explanation:
I'd construct this sentence.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-08-07 17:52:11 GMT)
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Please adopt "her/him" to read "them". Thanks.

Selected response from:

Salih YILDIRIM
Turkey
Local time: 06:24

Grading comment

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

the crowd embraced them

Fatih Şen

Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.

Salih YILDIRIM

they welcomed them with open arms

Emin Arı

made space and took them in

Erkan Dogan

made (some) space and let them mingle with the crowd

Mehmet Hascan

Answers

9 mins confidence:

made space and took them in

Explanation:
"made space and took (the regiment) in" should suffice.

Erkan Dogan
United States
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

the crowd embraced them

Explanation:
It is not literal but I think it is the 'dynamic equivalence" (or "functional equivalence") conveys the essential thought expressed in the source text.

Fatih Şen
Turkey
Local time: 06:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

44 mins confidence:

they welcomed them with open arms

Explanation:
a warm welcome

Emin Arı
Turkey
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

made (some) space and let them mingle with the crowd

Explanation:
Tha's how I'd put it, though it's kinda hard to produce a faithful rendering of the original text.

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 6

4 hrs confidence:

Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.

Salih YILDIRIM
Turkey
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks!

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Aralanıp aralarına aldılar

English translation: Making room, they let her/him join amongst them.

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