Fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness

Turkish translation: hakkını vermek lazım

18:38 May 1, 2015

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English term or phrase: Fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness

First idiom example:-
After Madonna's tumble, ITV have sacked the stage designer. Apparently, the boards were too far apart and she fell in the groove.
Fair play to her, though. Nearly 60 and still does her own stunts.
And for 'to be fair':-
1. You're watching a film that is completely pointless.
Person A: "This movie sucks."
Person B: "To be fair, it makes me laugh/it has some funny parts."
2. Your roommate is telling you about how your mean neighbor was making fun of your other neighbor for only having finished 3rd grade.
Roommate: "Bob is so mean! He made fun of Sue for only finishing third grade!"
You: "To be fair, education nowadays is readily available. There's no reason she couldn't have continued her education."
These idioms overlap & it is difficult to separate their usages.
'To be fair' is aphrase which should mean something but rarely does when it's used by sports players - especially British soccer players - and radio/TV commentators. You think the speaker is about to offer a balanced point of view - e.g. "I know I'm critical of X, but, to be fair, he is recovering from a bad injury", but most times, they're just trotting out the same dumb platitudes to fill airtime. Interchangeable with "at the end of the day" and "as I say".
'To be fair, it is a Wednesday.'
'To be fair, as I say, I'm talking into a microphone at the end of the day'.
Sometimes, it is 'in fairness' or 'in all fairness'.

Hellinas KudoZ activity Questions: 492 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 01:47

Turkish translation:hakkını vermek lazım

Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-05-01 22:14:35 GMT)
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Based on Madonna example; others likely to have a different translation like "aslında..."

Selected response from:

zaf
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:47

Grading comment

This seems to be the best equivalent. It certainly works for example 1. Ama hakkını verelim; güldürmedi değil hani.
I'm not sure about the rest. Zeki's is similarly acceptable.Salih's translations mean 'serves him right/ he deserves it & hard cheese' respectively. Not the correct linguistic correspondences. Zabit2005's note 'doğruyu söylemek gerekirse' is excellent & corresponds to the English cliche. Thanks to all.
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Summary of answers provided

Hak etti - layık tı, müstahaktı

Salih YILDIRIM

hakkını vermek lazım

zaf

hakkını yemeyelim

Zeki Güler

adil tutumla / adil olmak gerekirse / adalet içinde

ATIL KAYHAN

Discussion entries: 2

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45 mins confidence:

fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness adil tutumla / adil olmak gerekirse / adalet içinde

Explanation:
It is hard to find exact Turkish phrases.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 20

3 hrs confidence:

fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness

hakkını vermek lazım

zaf
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of:

Turkish

Grading comment

7 hrs confidence:

fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness Hak etti - layık tı, müstahaktı

Explanation:
Derdim, metnin içeriğine göre.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 20:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 7

21 hrs confidence:

fair play to/ to be fair/ in fairness hakkını yemeyelim

Explanation:
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Zeki Güler
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

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