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[Alan13446]

Turklish....a variation of Chinglish.

Chinglish are those amusing instructions you get when an item manufactured in China attempts to tell you how to use it or assemble it.


Turklish is that awful result of when a Turk, taught English in a private night school, is hired on by a close relative, to prepare a website, TRT subtitles, or tourist attraction signs.

While in Istanbul last month, we visited the Rumeli Hisar on the Bosphorus...as soon as you enter and turn left, there is a metal sign, in Turkish and English, detailing some event...the English sign, is absolutely horrendous, spelling mistakes, gramatical errors, structure....and this is an official government sign...

See,s that too follows the attitude of some people in that country, "Siktir et, gitsin", "Eeaaahhh, good enough"...

This post is not meant to be insulting to the fine teachers doing an excellent job under trying circumstnces. It's poking fun at the culture of "hey, Hasan's daughter Ayse took 4 hours of english, didn't she, lets get her to translate this sign for us"...

Never mind making money teaching, I think you can make more money translating Turklish into English for companies wanting to be taken seriously.

I was hoping to embark on a teaching adventure there next year, but reading these posts, esecially Molly's, makes me think it wont happen, as I only have a 3 year community college technologist diploma, not a degree...

[justme]

[thrifty]

[Otterman Ollie]

So,just what is this micky mouse diploma that you have ,that makes you think people are gonna fall over themselves to offer you a teaching job,I really would like to know ,yes REALLY I would .

[lovelace]

'I learn English iki months'

Clearly not studying hard enough...

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

Or as one student once asked -

'Good miyim?'

[Alan13446]

Never mind teching English, teach Turks to stop saying EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEh (thats "E" as in bEt, gEt, sEt...you get the idea) between words.....that is so annoying.

[Golightly]

There used to be a drinks guy on the ferry going up the Bosphorus, carrying trays of orange juice, belowing out to unsuspecting tourists, 'Orrin Jew! varrgud!', then charging them yabanci rates for it.
However, we should not confuse Turklish with Tarzanca. Turklish is the stuff found on menus, such as 'translated chicken' (cevirilmis tavugu), instructions and pompous official signs and documents, while Tarzanca is the abject load of toss we have to deal with from cr.ap students:
'Ben Speakiyorum cok good Ingilizce, isn't it hocam?'
'You fistik girl, cok nice, yani you me muck muck will us'
'sh.it yani'

[Delpha]

One of my students sent this to me....even if you don't understand Turkish you can get the point....

The Evolution of Turkish:
Yil: 1965
"Karsima aniden cikinca ziyadesiyle sasakaldim.. Nasil bir eda takinacagima hukum veremedim, adeta vecde geldim. Buna mukabil az bir muddet sonra kendime gelir gibi oldum, yuzunde beni fevkalade rahatlatan bir tebessum vardi.. Ustumu basimi toparladim, kendinden emin bir sesle 'aksam-i serifleriniz hayrolsun' dedim.."

Yil: 1975
"Karsima birdenbire cikinca cok sasirdim.. Ne yapacagima karar veremedim, heyecandan ayaklarim titredi. Ama cok gecmeden kendime gelir gibi oldum,
yuzunde beni rahatlatan bir gulumseme vardi.. Ustume ceki duzen verdim, kendinden emin bir sesle 'iyi aksamlar' dedim.."

Yil: 1985
"Karsima aniden cikinca fevkalade sasirdim.. Nitekim ne yapacagima hukum veremedim, heyecandan ayaklarim titredi. Amma ve lakin kisa bir sure sonra
kendime gelir gibi oldum, nitekim yuzunde beni ferahlatan bir tebessum vardi.. Ustume ceki duzen verdim, kendinden emin bir sesle 'hayirli aksamlar' dedim.."

Yil: 1995
"Karsima birdenbire cikinca cok sasirdim.. Fena halde kal geldi yani.. Ama bu is bizi bozar dedim. Baktim o da bana bakiyor, bu is tamamdir dedim..
Manitayi tavlamak icin dogruldum, artistik bir sesle 'selam' dedim.."

Yil: 2006
"Abi onu karsimda oyle gorunce cus falan oldum yani.. Oglum bu is bizi kasar dedim, fena goceriz dedim, enjoy durumlari yani.. Ama concon muyum ki ben, baktim ki o da bana kesik.. Saril oglum dedim, bu manita senin.. 'Hav ar yu yavrum?'"

Yil: 2026
"Ven ay vaz si hor, ben cok yani oyle iste birden.. Off, ay dont nov abi yaa.. Ama o da bana oyle bakti, if so asik len bu manita.. 'Hay beybi..'"

-d

[FGT]

Turklish strikes in UK!

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

[dmb]

[justme]

[almuze]

I like this one, taken from an official gov't site set up to promote tourism:
"This is Istanbul....a city where you can derive joy from shopping."

yay!

[Golightly]

MMM, Raki....
Feel the torture of English being twisted into Turkish Phraseology!.