Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"it is not down in any map, true places never are."
Turkish translation:
"onu haritada bulamazsınız, gerçek yerler asla haritada bulunmaz."
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Kıvılcım Erdogan
Sep 13, 2009 16:47
14 yrs ago
English term
Türkiye
"it is not down in any map, true places never are."
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Poetry & Literature
paraphrase of a quote needed
This is a quote by Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick. I would be grateful if someone (preferably native speaker) could paraphrase it for me before I translate. I am a little unsure about the connotations. thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +6 | "onu haritada bulamazsınız, gerçek yerler asla haritada bulunmaz." |
Kıvılcım Erdogan
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| 5 | "Haritada not edilmemiş, asla doğru yer yoktur." |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Sep 13, 2009 17:21: Selcuk Akyuz changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Sep 14, 2009 17:43: Kıvılcım Erdogan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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"onu haritada bulamazsınız, gerçek yerler asla haritada bulunmaz."
unfortunately i don't have Moby Dick with me, but i think we can translate it like that.
Note from asker:
| Yorumunuz için teşekkürler! Genelde seyahat etmeyi seven insanlar bunu motto olarak benimsemiş araştırmalarıma göre. eğer moby dick çevirisi elimizde olsaydı her şey daha kolay olacaktı, sabahtan beri düşünüyorum (: |
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Comment: "this was quite a nice way of translating indeed, thank you very much!"
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Salih YILDIRIM
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"Haritada not edilmemiş, asla doğru yer yoktur."
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