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kendisine ait olmayan

English translation: does not belong to self


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14:46 Feb 2, 2012
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Turkish term or phrase: kendisine ait olmayan
''Kendisine ait olmayan, orijininin çok uzağında bir mekan haline geldi burası.''
eozge
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
English translation:does not belong to self
Explanation:
Mecazi anlam kullanilmis.
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ATIL KAYHAN
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1Not being related to itself
Salih YILDIRIM
4 +2...a place that no more owns itself.skaya
5 +1someplace else
Cryogenix
4 +1some other place
Derya Aydın
3 +2lost its soul
Emel B.
4 +1not itself
Erkan Dogan
3 +2does not belong to self
ATIL KAYHAN
3 +1estranged
Nagme Yazgin


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
someplace else


Explanation:
It became someplace else...

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Note added at 4 mins (2012-02-02 14:51:08 GMT)
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Bire bir çeviri uygun olmayacaktır muhtemelen, tam anlamı karşılayacak bir deyim akla gelmediği sürece.

Cryogenix
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
5 hrs
  -> Teşekkürler.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
some other place


Explanation:
this place is some other place...

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Note added at 11 dakika (2012-02-02 14:57:27 GMT)
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ya da this place is alineated to itself (kendine yabancılaştı) gibi kullanılabilir..

Derya Aydın
Local time: 11:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
5 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
does not belong to self


Explanation:
Mecazi anlam kullanilmis.

ATIL KAYHAN
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: hatta 'that does not belong to itself' Teşekkürler...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Duygu Çakal
8 mins
  -> Tesekkürler.
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
estranged


Explanation:
Not literal, I know, but maybe this could work.

Nagme Yazgin
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
4 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
not itself


Explanation:
This place became something that is too far away from its origin and not itself. Ben böyle derdim.

Erkan Dogan
United States
Local time: 03:38
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 32

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agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
4 hrs
  -> Tesekkur ederim.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lost its soul


Explanation:
tam bire bir çeviri değil ama böyle bir yapı da kullanılabilir sanırım

Example sentence(s):
  • ....and transformed to something else.
Emel B.
Local time: 11:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mehmet Ali Bahıt: Kaynak metinden çok uzak ama bence en uygun öneri bu. Zevk meselesi sanırım.
1 hr
agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Not being related to itself


Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 12

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1 hr
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
...a place that no more owns itself.


Explanation:
just an idea...but you'll need to change order of clauses, i think..

Example sentence(s):
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself
skaya
Turkey
Local time: 11:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Murad AWAD: Agree with the answer
36 mins
  -> why do you agree with all the answers? to keep track of something as the moderator? just wondering..
agree  Gamze Sari Yucel
14 hrs
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