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Glossary entry

Turkish term or phrase:

son varan

English translation:

the last one to arrive

Added to glossary by Hellinas
Sep 1, 2012 07:45
11 yrs ago
Turkish term

son varan

Non-PRO Turkish to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Obscure word
It is from the Temel joke: ANADOL YOL İSTİYO. See http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/jokes.htm. The context is:-
...büyük bir gürültüyle Temel'in yanından geçip öndeki FERRARI`nin yanına yanaşan son model LAMBORGINI`nin şoförü FERRARI`nin şoförüne kapkara gözlüklerinin üzerinden bakıp :

- Kapısalım mı Moruk! 140 km ilerideki
Kapısalım mı Moruk! 140 km ilerideki benzinciye SON VARAN. İlk gelenin deposunu fuller. Ne dersin? FERRARI`nin sürücüsü.
The context is in the last Turkish sentence. I have put the words in capitalsfor easy identification.
Proposed translations (English)
5 the last one to arrive
3 +2 who reaches last
4 last one

Discussion

Tim Drayton Sep 1, 2012:
Last one Not in colloquial language. This is what we say when challenging somebody to a race, or more usually 'first one'.
ATIL KAYHAN Sep 1, 2012:
I presume you mean "the last one".
Tim Drayton Sep 1, 2012:
Used as noun Verbs ending in the -en/-an participle suffix can always be used as nouns with the meaning "the one who ...". 'Son varan' is understood to mean 'son varan (kişi).'

Proposed translations

5 hrs
Selected

the last one to arrive

(the person or thing) after everyone or everything else
Example sentence:

I hate being the last one to arrive at a meeting.

Reference:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/last_1

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "All suggestions were welcome. I liked Tim's idiomatic rendering but also Ebru's example sentence. All translations amount to the same thing anyway but I liked this the most."
+2
5 mins

who reaches last

The one who reaches last to the gas station.
Peer comment(s):
agree ATIL KAYHAN : the one who reaches the last
26 mins
Teşekkürler, Atıl Bey.
agree Gülnur Seyhanoğlu
1 hr
Teşekkürler :)
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2 hrs

last one

'Last one to the gas/petrol station 140 km ahead' is perhaps the best rendering in idiomatic English.
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