Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Turkish term or phrase:
Kalemini kır, ama sakın satma
English translation:
break your pen but never sell it
Added to glossary by
IRLANDALI-EI (X)
Jan 22, 2008 14:23
16 yrs ago
Turkish term
Qualitas, Eximius, Optimus
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English
Kalemini kır, ama sakın satma
Turkish to English
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Journalism
Özellikle dürüst ve prensipli gazetecilerin kullandığı bir deyim... Birebir çevirisinden ziyade, tam olarak nasıl kullanıldığını bilen meslektaşlarıma şimdiden teşekkür ederim... yardımlarınız için...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | break your pen but never sell it |
Mehmet Hascan
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| 5 | breaking your pen is better than waiving your professional promise! |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Change log
Jan 23, 2008 09:51: IRLANDALI-EI (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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break your pen but never sell it
Sedat Simavi who was against the serving of this profession to political or economical benefits, had played a leading role in the establishment of Independent Journalists Organization. The ethical rules he stated than is still reminded to newly educated journalists :”Journalism should be choosed as a profession not as a step” and “Always be the master of your pen, try not to be a servant, if you must, break it but never sell it.”
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-22 15:26:08 GMT)
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Newspaper owners bend the news to serve private interests. Reporters sell their pens. Editors succumb to market forces that favor sensational stories over sober facts�all the more so the sorts of sober economic facts Raul L. Locsin specializes in.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-22 15:26:08 GMT)
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Newspaper owners bend the news to serve private interests. Reporters sell their pens. Editors succumb to market forces that favor sensational stories over sober facts�all the more so the sorts of sober economic facts Raul L. Locsin specializes in.
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Comment: "Teşekkürler"
345 days
Salih YILDIRIM
United States
United States
Native in Turkish
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.
breaking your pen is better than waiving your professional promise!
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