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Redkiddy Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

could you help me,please?

0Hi from Türkiye,02br
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00One of our lesson we have been translating some Turkish theatre play into English and at one moment we came accross a difficult one ,could you help me, please?02br
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00A Man: Can you count it one by one? ( teker teker sayarmısın ) 02br
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00Other Man : Are you saying me a gay(homo)?02br
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00Here is a funny situation(so called) Because one by one ( in Turkish -teker teker) means a circle that is used for homos in slang language.02br
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00could you give me example situation like this,please that one person express a normal sentence but it is understood differently and causes angriness in other person..02br
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00Thanks in advance.02br
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00 ONCE MORE THE SITH WILL RULE THE GALAXY0-
  

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0 Hi redkiddy,02br 00do you have to replace that in your play? I think a lot of context is necessary if you want to do that. And it's usually something very very difficult too!

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0 Hi redkiddy,02br
00do you have to replace that in your play? I think a lot of context is necessary if you want to do that. And it's usually something very very difficult too! It's more or less one of the problems that arise when dubbing movies. 02br
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00I'm thinking of...02br
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00- 01b00So... What's your name?02b02
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0Thanks Koyeen but it is going to be played in front of some students. Is there a less hard version of this?????? 02br
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00I mean funny, not sexual too much0-
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0Well, there's a joke that fits the bill02br
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00A woman goes into a butchers shop.02br
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00Woman: Can I have a pound of bacon please?02br
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00Butcher: Lean back? (a type of bacon)02br
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00Woman leans backwards and says 'Can I have a pound of bacon please?'.0-
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