Dikilmisti

English translation: had been made/put together

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Turkish term or phrase:	Dikilmisti
English translation:	had been made/put together
Entered by:	Hellinas

11:15 Dec 5, 2012

Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: Dikilmisti

Gecmis yillarin modasina uygun dikilmisti. Giyiminin o zamanlarin modasina olan uygunlugu genc kadini gulunclestiriyordu.
Suitable to the fashion of past years it had been stitched. The compatibility of her clothing which was suitable to the fashion of a former age had become laughable for a young woman (?).

Hellinas Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 492 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 10:28

had been made/put together

Explanation:
It was obviously sewn, but in this context, 'made' (or 'put together') is more natural English. It had been made with the fashion of an earlier age in mind.

Selected response from:

Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 12:28

Grading comment

Thanks again to all! Tim's answer is on the money. I could translate it as 'it had been sewn/stitched' but Tim, the fount of English idioms, made the translation sound like English.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

was sewn

Raffi Jamgocyan

5 +1

Sewn

Mehmet Ali Bahıt

4 +2

had been made/put together

Tim Drayton

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

was sewn

Explanation:
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Raffi Jamgocyan
Türkiye
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of:

Turkish

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Sewn

Explanation:
As in "it was sewn in a style befitting the fashion of past years".

Mehmet Ali Bahıt
Local time: 11:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

had been made/put together

Explanation:
It was obviously sewn, but in this context, 'made' (or 'put together') is more natural English. It had been made with the fashion of an earlier age in mind.

Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 75

Grading comment

Thanks again to all! Tim's answer is on the money. I could translate it as 'it had been sewn/stitched' but Tim, the fount of English idioms, made the translation sound like English.

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