Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
Nakhon. Al pee daataynu, al pee darkaynu.
English translation:
True (or: correct). In our opinion, according to the way we do it.
Added to glossary by
Eynat
Mar 13, 2004 02:30
20 yrs ago
Hebrew term
Nakhon. Al pee daataynu, al pee darkaynu.
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This is a comment from a fellow Proz-er to an answer in the English-Russian pair. I have no idea what it means.
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9 hrs
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True (or: correct). In our opinion, according to the way we do it.
Nothing to add.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'd like to thank everyone for their detailed responses. Alex Zelkind was the one who commented on my response to a question in the En-Ru pair, and his explanation here (in Russian) made me understand exactly what he meant.
I regret that my question has caused a bit of a spat between him and Hebrew translators. It was certainly not my intention, and in hindsight, I probably should have contacted him directly. I think it is most appropriate to award Kudoz points to the one translator (besides Alex, who had an insider's knowledge of the matter) who came closest to the idiomatic meaning, while staying linguistically (semantically) rigourous.
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That's the way we do it, that's the way we like it
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00000000 (X)
: Nakhon = True
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:)
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Eynat
: There is no suggestion in the Heb that 'how we like it' comes into it at all. Furthermore, 'daataynu' means 'our opinion', not our knowledge, in idiomatic Heb. You translated it literally, not idiomat'. I am sorry that you find linguistic comments boring.
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You are getting boring :) I was the one who said it to the Asker in the English-Russian pair. I thought that he understands Hebrew. I'm sure that now he knows what it means without your comments :)
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Sue Goldian
: In this context daateynu most certainly means our opinion and not our knowledge.
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It is right/proper. In our opinion, in our own way
Good luck!
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Yael Deutsch (X)
: However, Nakhon = Right / True - used most of the time as an interjection. "Zeh nakhon" would require an entire sentence.
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Simon Charass
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14 hrs
It's true asccording to our beliefs and customs
datenu means what we think or believe
darkenu means the way we do things
darkenu means the way we do things
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