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Sentence #2656792

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raggione raggione August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 7:11:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Do you want to say that some robbery was prevented because somebody used a telephone somewhere?

The English sentence sounds to me like a newspaper headline maybe. Is that intentional? Or are you telling a story? I don't seem to get much sense out of your sentence this way, I'm afraid. Perhaps you could give some more context, which might help to improve it.

Amastan Amastan January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 at 4:49:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@AlanF_US

Do you think it's possible to fix this sentence?
I can't translate it if it doesn't have a natural and final form.

AlanF_US AlanF_US January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 at 7:08:51 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@Gulo_Luscus, do the linked Turkish sentences talk about stealing a phone (or possibly multiple phones), or do they talk about stealing by means of a phone?

Does this work as a translation?

Phone theft has been thwarted in an unusual manner.

That would refer to stealing phones in general.

Gulo_Luscus Gulo_Luscus January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 at 8:20:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

When it isn't translated literally, the current Turkish sentences can also mean 'Phone theft has been thwarted in an unusual manner.'

The only difference here is with the nouns 'robbery (soygun)' and 'theft (hırsızlık)'. However, it is okay to use them interchangeably in Turkish, both meaning 'stealing' phones.



On the other hand, for a native speaker, the Turkish sentences with the noun 'soygun' actually talk about stealing a phone or multiple phones. Because for 'stealing by means of a phone', we generally say 'telefon dolandırıcılığı', which can be translated as 'phone fraud' or 'phone scam'.

AlanF_US AlanF_US January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 at 11:12:33 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Thanks, @Gulo_Luscus!

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2656789Telefon soygunu alışılmadık bir şekilde engellendi..

Phone robbery thwarted in unusual manner.

added by bilginhalil, August 5, 2013

Phone theft has been thwarted in an unusual manner.

edited by AlanF_US, January 11, 2020