Turkish term
anafordan gümleriz vallahi
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| 5 +2 | We'll die for nothing. |
Mehmet Ali Bahıt
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| 5 +1 | I swear the God, wobbling will/would kill us! |
Erkan Dogan
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| 5 | I swear to God that we might have died suddenly! |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Nov 21, 2011 10:08: Recep Kurt changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Erkan Dogan, Mehmet Ali Bahıt, Recep Kurt
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Proposed translations
In other words...
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, French to Turkish, Turkish to English, and 3 more.
We'll die for nothing.
The truck driver is sleepless and the passengers are afraid that he will dose off on the wheel.
"Anafor" is slang for something you get for free, without making any effort ("Something for nothing" if you will). In this context, "We'll die for nothing" should do it.
United States
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail...
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English
I swear the God, wobbling will/would kill us!
| Thank you for your help, this was a very fun story to translate |
United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) 
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
I swear to God that we might have died suddenly!
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Note added at 18 hrs (2011-11-21 14:24:30 GMT)
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Keeping in mind the fact frelated to the case given, this event has already developed at the time when the question was expressed.
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Note added at 19 hrs (2011-11-21 14:26:59 GMT)
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Namely, this situation experienced entailes construction of a"unreal past conditional sentence" as stated by me above.
| Thank you Salih. I would just note that in English it would sound better to say " I swear to God we might die suddenly". |
Discussion
"Kısa bir pazarlıktan sonra ellişer kuruşa şoförün yanına binmek hususunda mutabık kaldık."
If we do not stress the "anafor" bit, the whole line can be loosely translated as:
"Hope we won't have any trouble. We will meet our maker if he goes on like this. Prod him if he doses off again."
--- Edited too many times :)