Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 12, 2002 07:58
22 yrs ago
Turkish term
merhaba
Non-PRO
Turkish to English
Other
I changed the language pair from English-Turkish to Turkish-English
nasılsın?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +7 | hi, hello |
business translator
|
| 5 +4 | Hi. How are you? |
Aydin Yulug
|
| 5 +4 | hello |
Antoinette Verburg
|
| 5 -2 | Hi, How do you do? |
saykac
|
Proposed translations
+7
27 mins
business translator
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, Arabic to Turkish, and 46 more.
Selected
hi, hello
Hi, hello
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+4
11 mins
Aydin Yulug
Türkiye
Türkiye
Native in Turkish
&
English
Türkiye
Translation by Medical Doctor
Native in: English 
, Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
64
Hi. How are you?
None required for this question.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
TurkishEnglish.com Inc.
: Excellent
2 hrs
|
| agree |
Taner Göde
: Impeccable
1 day 14 hrs
|
| agree |
1964
3 days 10 hrs
|
| agree |
shenay kharatekin
361 days
|
+4
17 mins
Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
2 MA degrees and 32 years of experience
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch
Related KudoZ points
:
36
hello
Context: 'how are you?'
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
TurkishEnglish.com Inc.
: Perfect
2 hrs
|
| agree |
Taner Göde
: Wonderful
1 day 14 hrs
|
| agree |
1964
3 days 10 hrs
|
| agree |
shenay kharatekin
361 days
|
-2
4 hrs
Hi, How do you do?
As far as I understand this expression is going to be used for an informal person. I understood this from the question. Thus,for"merhaba" I prefer "hi" and for "nasilsin?" I prefer "How do you do?".
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Antoinette Verburg
: 'How do you do' is not informal, but formal.
3 hrs
|
| disagree |
hc35
: "How do you do" is formal, not informal
2 days 5 hrs
|
| neutral |
1964
: Genellikle ilk karşılaşmalarda söylenir. Tekarar edilmez
3 days 6 hrs
|
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