Turkish term
aç mı kalsaydım?
Can it be translated (without losing the emphasis given in Turkish) like this:
"So what! Should I have been famished?"
| 5 +4 | should I have gone hungry / should I have starved to death |
Balaban Cerit
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| 5 | so, should I bear hunger? |
Salih YILDIRIM
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| 4 | so -- I should have starved? |
ayd
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Jan 10, 2007 19:55: Özden Arıkan changed "Field (specific)" from "Philosophy" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "bird flu" to "(none)"
Jan 11, 2007 05:59: Özden Arıkan changed "Term asked" from "açmı kalsaydım?" to "aç mı kalsaydım?"
Non-PRO (2): Balaban Cerit, Serkan Doğan
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Proposed translations
Türkiye
Speed is important, quality is essential
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish, Turkish to English
should I have gone hungry / should I have starved to death
"So what! Should I have gone hungry?"
eğer biraz serbest olabiliyorsak:
"So what! Should I have starved to death?"
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-01-10 19:17:34 GMT) Post-grading
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İkinci öneriyi getirirken biraz da sizin "famish" terimini kullanmanızdan cesaret aldım. Çünkü bunun anlamı hem "açlık çekmek / aç kalmak", hem de "açlıktan ölmek".
Sorduğunuz soruya gelince: Evet, bu şekilde çevrilebilir.
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Özden Arıkan
: ben starve'ı destekliyorum. (ha gayret, bu arada:-)
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evet, benim de tercihim o.
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Nizamettin Yigit
: Katılayrum! I am starving... ölmediği halde son derece aç (aslında aç gözlü de olabilir :) ) olduğunu söylerken çok şık oluyor.
4 hrs
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teşekkür ederim.
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Taner Göde
: Ought I have to suffer famine? Had I succumb to death due to starvation?
11 hrs
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teşekkür ederim.
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| agree |
Serkan Doğan
12 hrs
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teşekkür ederim.
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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.
Discussion
Veya... Yedim tabi... Ne yani aç mı kalsaydım... herhangi bir ortamda... ben vurguya göre farklı alternatifler kullanabilirsiniz diyorum.