Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:
جاى بقيه فاميل خالى
English translation:
Wish(ing) the rest of the family were here.
Persian (Farsi) term
جاى بقيه فاميل خالى
This is from a conversation in Teach Yourself Modern Persian.
- She has gone for a week. She hasn't seen her mother for four months. Her brother has come over from the States too. The whole family are there now.
- How marvellous! جاى بقيه فاميل خالى
Incidentally, the last letter of بقيه has a hamze over it, but the encoding didn't allow me to use it.
Many thanks,
Simon
Jun 1, 2009 13:18: Salman Rostami changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jun 3, 2009 18:13: Edward Plaisance Jr Created KOG entry
PRO (4): Reza Mohammadnia, Kourosh Abdi, Salman Rostami, Farzad Akmali
When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.
How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:
An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)
A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).
Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.
When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.
* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.
Proposed translations
20+ yrs experience--native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi)
Wish(ing) the rest of the family were here.
Türkiye
The right solution to world languages!
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
, Kurdish (Variants: Kurmanji, Bahdini, Sorani)
Works in: English to Kurdish, English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, and 3 more.
I wish they were here too.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 mins (2009-06-01 12:46:46 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
There is no joy without them.
| agree |
Kourosh Abdi
2 mins
|
|
Thanks!
|
|
| agree |
Farzad Akmali
28 mins
|
|
Thanks!
|
|
| neutral |
Salman Rostami
: I think it is better not to rely on the context because sometimes context can't provide enough information.
2 hrs
|
|
Thanks anyway!
|
|
| agree |
yam67
8 hrs
|
|
Thanks!
|
|
| agree |
Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
20 hrs
|
|
Thanks!
|
Canada
Quality is not an accident!
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
I wish the whole family could have been here
I wish the whole family could have been here with me
I wish the whole family could have been here
Canada
Quality talks!
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English
The rest of the family are (really) missed.
Commited to quality, Commited to you!
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi), and 3 more.
I miss the rest of family!
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-01 14:37:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
You know language is not a nomenclature for a set of universal concepts, and there is often no equivalent in the target language for a perticular form in the source text perticularlly when it is closely clinged to the source culture!
In these cases there are stratagies applied by PROZ..., however in this case I prefer to use a form to move toward the source meaning, i.e. a form close to the target one to stimulate an equivalent effect.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2009-06-01 14:43:26 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
A better approximation, which I do prefer, may be:
"The rest of family is greatly missed!"
Oxford:
Miss:
feel sad; to feel sad because you can no longer see sb or do something that you like: She will be greatly missed when she leaves!
| neutral |
Salman Rostami
: Swan English grammar points that "to miss s.b." has two main meanings: 1) to love s.b. 2) not have s.b. any more. I think "I miss ..." can't be a good equivalent for "جای ...". What do you think?
1 hr
|
|
Thanks Salman, Please refer to the explanation added!Moreover better not to limit oneself to one source of reference or so!
|
|
| agree |
Alireza Yazdunpanuh
4 hrs
|
|
Thanks a lot Sir!
|
|
| agree |
Armineh Johannes
: armineh johannes
4 hrs
|
|
Thanks a lot Mme!
|
|
| agree |
Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
20 hrs
|
|
Thanks a lot Sir!
|
Iran
High-quality Farsi (Persian) Services
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Dari to English
I am missing the rest of the family.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2009-06-01 15:09:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
بقیه فامیل means other members of the family.
Türkiye
committed to quality & accuracy
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Turkish to Persian (Farsi), and 3 more.
Something went wrong...