je në zor

English translation: You aren't forced to/don't have to (sell the house)

17:43 Feb 17, 2019

Albanian to English translations [PRO]
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Albanian term or phrase: je në zor

"Nuk je në zor me e shit shtëpinë"

Same context as for my last question:
A villager sells a house and a plot of land to another (Kosovar) man living abroad. The seller's brothers and grandfather don't accept the buyer and it's not clear if the seller was the real or sole owner. The buyer is criticized for not asking the neighbours for permit to buy it, according to tradition (local or Kosovar?).

The phrase is used by the grandfather, and I guess it's a warning. But at which level of threatening?

larserik KudoZ activity Questions: 995 (9 open) (34 without valid answers) (78 closed without grading) Answers: 530 Sweden
Local time: 19:42

English translation:You aren't forced to/don't have to (sell the house)

Explanation:
Another alternative.

Selected response from:

MSc Jonis Buzi
Albania
Local time: 19:42

Grading comment

Faleminderit shumë!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

not in a difficult (financial) position

Elvana Moore

In a bind

Bajram Djambazi

4 +1

you are not struggling

Parid Plaku

4 +1

You aren't forced to/don't have to (sell the house)

MSc Jonis Buzi

You don’t need to sell the house.

Klementina Shahini

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

not in a difficult (financial) position

Explanation:
nuk je në pozicion të vështirë (financiar)

Elvana Moore
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:42
Native speaker of:

Albanian
PRO pts in category: 40

33 mins confidence:

në zor In a bind

Explanation:
This is another strong suggestion from me (I think), because I sometimes like to use "back translation", which is when you translate a term from the source language into the target one, and then translate it again back from the target language into the source one, whenever we can though, as using this strategy can be hard.

Bajram Djambazi
United States
Local time: 12:42
Native speaker of:

Albanian,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

you are not struggling

Explanation:
"It's not like you're struggling (or anything)". Struggling financially, that's the context I am referring to, of course.

Parid Plaku
Local time: 19:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Albanian
PRO pts in category: 24

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

You aren't forced to/don't have to (sell the house)

Explanation:
Another alternative.

MSc Jonis Buzi
Albania
Local time: 19:42
Native speaker of: Albanian
PRO pts in category: 48

Grading comment

Faleminderit shumë!

2 hrs confidence:

You don’t need to sell the house.

Explanation:
No need financially.

Klementina Shahini
United States
Local time: 13:42
Native speaker of:

Albanian
PRO pts in category: 72

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