Üç Büyükler

English translation: Pls see below

13:09 Aug 15, 2007
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
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Turkish term or phrase: Üç Büyükler
I don't know how the above name is pronounced in English. Could you please give me the phonetic transcription in English? Thank you.
Emilia Delibasheva
Local time: 07:51
English translation:Pls see below
Explanation:
The problematic sound here is Ü - I'm afraid there's no equivalent of this sound in English; the closest I can come up with is the U in dUke, but it is really not the same. Ü is a front vowel, voiced in an open and straight way. But if you have even a very basic understanding of German pronounciation, it is the same as in German: sÜd, zÜrich, mÜnchen, kÜhl, etc. Or, very close to the U in French "tu."

Assuming we've solved the Ü, the rest is as follows:

ütch [Ç is pronunced as in the TCH combination in hiTCH or cluTCH] / bü [similar to BUchanan, but see above for Ü] / yük [Y as in Yellow and ÜK as in rÜCKstein] / LER [similar to LERington, although E is straighter as in bEd and the R sound is clearly heard]

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-08-15 13:43:38 GMT)
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Or, try this:

Uetch Bueyuecklear [the "lear" syllable should be pronounced shorter, though]
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Özden Arıkan
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Pls see below


Explanation:
The problematic sound here is Ü - I'm afraid there's no equivalent of this sound in English; the closest I can come up with is the U in dUke, but it is really not the same. Ü is a front vowel, voiced in an open and straight way. But if you have even a very basic understanding of German pronounciation, it is the same as in German: sÜd, zÜrich, mÜnchen, kÜhl, etc. Or, very close to the U in French "tu."

Assuming we've solved the Ü, the rest is as follows:

ütch [Ç is pronunced as in the TCH combination in hiTCH or cluTCH] / bü [similar to BUchanan, but see above for Ü] / yük [Y as in Yellow and ÜK as in rÜCKstein] / LER [similar to LERington, although E is straighter as in bEd and the R sound is clearly heard]

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-08-15 13:43:38 GMT)
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Or, try this:

Uetch Bueyuecklear [the "lear" syllable should be pronounced shorter, though]

Özden Arıkan
Germany
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you! Your answer has been very helpful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bülent Malkoçlar: This is the only valid answer since the phonetic transcription is being asked, not the translation.
1 min

agree  Mehmet Hascan
15 mins

agree  Can Altinbay: As Bülent points out, this is the only answer that addresses the question. By the way, Duke is pronounced differently in the U.S.
15 mins
  -> You're right, just checked, the US pronc.sounds more like "oo" I guess (I'm not good at reading phonetical keys, tho). In fact, German *Über* would be a better example, it's used in EN, too, in different combinations.

agree  Taner Göde
31 mins

agree  Evren Serbest
57 mins

agree  Nizamettin Yigit: urea could be a little different but "u" of "diuretic" is the "ü" of "Üç". Teknik olarak sana katılmakla birlikte nerede konuşulduğuna da bakmak lazım diyorum Buchenan da öyle New York Londra veya Tenesse ya da Chicago'dan farklı okuyor.ilk kelime de ayn
2 hrs
  -> Not in English, Nizam. You can hear it here: http://tinyurl.com/ysgnf3

agree  Serkan Doğan: evet, Özden
21 hrs

agree  chevirmen
9 days
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Big Three Clubs


Explanation:
Big Three Clubs

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http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/9-24-2005-77462.asp

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Note added at 33 dakika (2007-08-15 13:42:41 GMT)
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Phonetic Transcription
üç büyükler: ytʃ byjykler



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Note added at 34 dakika (2007-08-15 13:43:46 GMT)
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http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/j18/turkish.php
IPA - International Phonetic Alphabet

abdullah erol (X)
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alper Karayilan: buyuk takimlardan bahsedilirken giants kelimesi kullanilir genelde. mesela: "three turkish giants" yabanci basinda uc buyukler olarak kullaniliyor. turkish giant gs/fb/bjk seklinde de kullaniliyor eger birinden bahsediliyorsa.
18 hrs
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