false friend

Turkish translation: yalancı eş değerler

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English term or phrase:false friend
Turkish translation:yalancı eş değerler
Entered by: SeiTT

20:04 Oct 26, 2009
English to Turkish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: false friend
Greetings,

A false friend is a word which seems nice and easy, but which actually has a sting in the tail as it doesn't mean what it seems to.

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_friend

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:25
yalancı eş değerler
Explanation:
One local equivalent for "false friends" is "yalancı eş değerler".

Two other used terms are:
"sahte karşılıklar” and “sözde denkteşler"

http://turkology.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/sahte-dostlar/

http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TPRJ,TT...

An usage example for "yalancı eş değerler" is below:

EN:
There may be certain words between two different dialects of a language in joint structure which suffers slipping on the meaning or semantic changes. Such words in same structure shall be called as false friends.

TR:
Bir dilin iki ayrı lehçesi arasında anlam kaymasına uğramış ortak yapıdaş kelimeler olabilir. Aynı yapıdaki bu kelimeler yalancı eş değerlerdir.

link for the above PDF file:
http://alturl.com/ssa7
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Balaban Cerit
Türkiye
Local time: 18:25
Grading comment
many thanks excellent
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4 +2yalancı eş değerler
Balaban Cerit
5Güvenilmez arkadaş
Salih YILDIRIM


Discussion entries: 10





  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
yalancı eş değerler


Explanation:
One local equivalent for "false friends" is "yalancı eş değerler".

Two other used terms are:
"sahte karşılıklar” and “sözde denkteşler"

http://turkology.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/sahte-dostlar/

http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TPRJ,TT...

An usage example for "yalancı eş değerler" is below:

EN:
There may be certain words between two different dialects of a language in joint structure which suffers slipping on the meaning or semantic changes. Such words in same structure shall be called as false friends.

TR:
Bir dilin iki ayrı lehçesi arasında anlam kaymasına uğramış ortak yapıdaş kelimeler olabilir. Aynı yapıdaki bu kelimeler yalancı eş değerlerdir.

link for the above PDF file:
http://alturl.com/ssa7

Balaban Cerit
Türkiye
Local time: 18:25
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
many thanks excellent

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erkan Dogan: Exactly, also http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TPRJ,TT...
4 mins
  -> teşekkür ederim.

agree  Cagdas Karatas
2 hrs
  -> teşekkür ederim.

neutral  Güzide Arslaner: Please see and consider my discussion entry above.
2 hrs
  -> I agree, using it with an asterisk would be better.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Güvenilmez arkadaş


Explanation:
Böyle yorumluyorum.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 10
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