Vazgeçtim

English translation: I quit

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Turkish term or phrase:	Vazgeçtim
English translation:	I quit

14:56 Dec 3, 2001

Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Music

Turkish term or phrase: Vazgeçtim

It's the title of a song by Sezen Aksu. Anyone any ideas?

Roddy Tannahill KudoZ activity Questions: 230 (6 open) (4 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 226 United Kingdom
Local time: 14:30

I gave up

Explanation:
"Vazgeçtim" is the past tense for the verb "Vazgeçmek" which can be translated into English as:
to give up,, discontinue, cease from, abandon (project), or change one's mind.
I believe the best translation for the title of that song would be either "I gave up" or "I changed my mind". Hope this helps.

Selected response from:

MURAT TUKEL
United States
Local time: 09:30

Grading comment

Many thanks for your help :-) Now I can sing along in English to the chorus :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

I gave up

MURAT TUKEL

5 +1

I gave up

MURAT TUKEL

4 +1

I give up

Gregory Key

I have changed my mind

Salih YILDIRIM

I gave it up.

perfectionis (X)

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

I gave up

MURAT TUKEL
United States
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: Turkish

Grading comment

Many thanks for your help :-) Now I can sing along in English to the chorus :)

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I gave up

Explanation:
I forgot to mention "I quit" as one of the alternative translations.

Native language

MURAT TUKEL
United States
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: Turkish

7 hrs confidence:

I gave it up.

Explanation:
The term is "to give up something". So "it" should be used in the sentence.

perfectionis (X)
Local time: 16:30

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I give up

Explanation:
Although the Turkish sentence "vazgectim" is in the past simple tense, idiomatic English requires the present simple, or possibly the present perfect (depending on the context): "I give up" or "I've changed my mind" (c.f. "SIKILDIM" = "I'm bored", not "I got bored").

In the lyrics of the song in question, the objects of "give up" are "your eyes" and "your words", so the first two lines could be translated "I give up your eyes/I give up your words". Or possibly, "I give up on your eyes" etc., or even, more liberally, "I will do without your eyes and your words".

Gregory Key
United States
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of:

English

2562 days confidence:

I have changed my mind

Explanation:
self-explanatory

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of:

Turkish

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