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With legs as hot as her temper

Turkish translation: tavırları kadar seksi bacaklarıyla

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English term or phrase:With legs as hot as her temper
Turkish translation:tavırları kadar seksi bacaklarıyla
Entered by: Hellinas

19:15 Oct 2, 2013
English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: With legs as hot as her temper
I am unable to separate this into two queries since the word 'hot' is used in two different ways. The trouble is that the word 'hot' in English is here deliberately ambiguous. Of legs 'hot' means seksi: of one's temper, 'hot' means 'quickly aroused to anger'. In Turkish, 'fevri/çabuk sinirlenen/sıcak tav'. There is therefore a play on words. Is the same play possible in Turkish? That is what I am trying to get at.
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Hellinas
Local time: 12:57
tavırları kadar seksi bacaklarıyla
Explanation:
uaieeai
Selected response from:

adem kaya
Türkiye
Local time: 14:57
Grading comment
Thanks to all for their efforts. This question has produced many good answers. I liked Gulsen & Naz's translation too. Gulsen's play on the meaning of 'kızgın' [=angry & on heat] was clever. But Adem's played on the fact that a woman who is angry can be very sexy. It is a cliche to say to an angry woman:- "I like you when you lose your temper".
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Bacakları öfkesi kadar ateşli
Gulsen Farrington
5mizacı kadar ateşli bacaklarıyla
Naz Başak Günday
5tavırları kadar seksi bacaklarıyla
adem kaya
5 -1Öfkesi kadar hızlı bacaklarıyla
Salih YILDIRIM
3huyu kadar sıcak bacaklarla
ATIL KAYHAN


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with legs as hot as her temper
huyu kadar sıcak bacaklarla


Explanation:
I think "sicak" has that meaning in Turkish, i.e. sicak bacaklar and sicak huy, meaning sexy legs and hot temper.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 20
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with legs as hot as her temper
Bacakları öfkesi kadar ateşli


Explanation:
''Öfkesi kadar ateşli bacaklara sahip'' kulağa iyi geliyor bence.

Temper: Kızgınlık, öfke
Türkçe'de 'çok kızgın bir öfkesi var' da denebilir. Aynı 'kızgınlık', 'ateş' kelimeleri seksi ile bağdaşıyor.

Gulsen Farrington
Local time: 12:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Naz Başak Günday
8 hrs
  -> Thank you :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
with legs as hot as her temper
Öfkesi kadar hızlı bacaklarıyla


Explanation:
Böyle derdim zira burada bacakların çevikliği vurgulanıyor bence.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 07:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Naz Başak Günday: 'hot' ın 'hızlı' anlamı olduğunu pek duymadım/görmedim ve sanmıyorum.
7 hrs
  -> Zamanla öğreneceksiniz mutlka ama şu linke bir göz atın lütfen. http://www.memidex.com/better-heeled, burada Hiciv sanatı var (metinde)
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
with legs as hot as her temper
mizacı kadar ateşli bacaklarıyla


Explanation:
'temper' kelimesinin öfkenin yanı sıra mizaç anlamı da var. Bence mizaç şeklinde çevrilmesi kulağa daha güzel geliyor.

Naz Başak Günday
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Turkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Salih YILDIRIM: Biraz da mecazi anlamları dikkat almakta fayda var.
6 hrs
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
with legs as hot as her temper
tavırları kadar seksi bacaklarıyla


Explanation:
uaieeai

adem kaya
Türkiye
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
Grading comment
Thanks to all for their efforts. This question has produced many good answers. I liked Gulsen & Naz's translation too. Gulsen's play on the meaning of 'kızgın' [=angry & on heat] was clever. But Adem's played on the fact that a woman who is angry can be very sexy. It is a cliche to say to an angry woman:- "I like you when you lose your temper".
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