From: terziogl@ee.rochester.edu (Esin Terzioglu)
Subject: Re: Public Service Translation No.2
Keywords: effective Greek & Armenian postings
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

In article <1993Apr16.225409.22697@urartu.sdpa.org> dbd@urartu.sdpa.org (David Davidian) writes:
>In article <93332@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt1091a@prism.gatech.EDU (gt1091a gt1091a
>KAAN,TIMUCIN) wrote:
>
>[KAAN] Who the hell is this guy David Davidian. I think he talks too much..
>
>I am your alter-ego!
>
>[KAAN] Yo , DAVID you would better shut the f... up.. O.K ??
>
>No, its' not OK! What are you going to do? Come and get me? 

Maybe he will. Maybe he is working for the secret Turkish service. You never 
know. 

>[KAAN]  I don't like your attitute. You are full of lies and shit. 
>
>In the United States we refer to it as Freedom of Speech. If you don't like 

No it is still called "you are full of shit"; even in the US.:)

>[KAAN] Didn't you hear the saying "DON'T MESS WITH A TURC!!"...
>
>No. Why do you ask? What are you going to do? Are you going to submit me to
>bodily harm? Are you going to kill me? Are you going to torture me?

Well, now you have. Don't worry Turks do not turn to terrorist actions like
Armenians have so you can be sure that you will not be killed. However, I 
do not know about the torture part... Timucin sounds like a tough guy so 
watch out. 

>[KAAN] See ya in hell..
>
>Wrong again!
>
>[KAAN] Timucin.
>
>All I did was to translate a few lines from Turkish into English. If it was
>so embarrassing in Turkish, it shouldn't have been written in the first place!
>Don't kill the messenger!
 
If you are going to translate, you have to do it consistently. If you 
selectively translate things to serve your ugly purpose, people get 
pisssssssssed offfffff. 

In Ottoman times messengers were usually killed by cutting their heads off and
sending it back to their country. But Ottoman empire no longer exists :(. 
(darn!) 

Esin.
>-- 
>David Davidian dbd@urartu.sdpa.org   | "How do we explain Turkish troops on
>S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies |  the Armenian border, when we can't 
>P.O. Box 382761                      |  even explain 1915?" 
>Cambridge, MA 02238                  |              Turkish MP, March 1992 


