Kalemini kır, ama sakın satma

English translation: break your pen but never sell it

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Turkish term or phrase:Kalemini kır, ama sakın satma
English translation:break your pen but never sell it
Entered by: IRLANDALI-EI (X)

14:23 Jan 22, 2008
Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Turkish term or phrase: Kalemini kır, ama sakın satma
Özellikle dürüst ve prensipli gazetecilerin kullandığı bir deyim... Birebir çevirisinden ziyade, tam olarak nasıl kullanıldığını bilen meslektaşlarıma şimdiden teşekkür ederim... yardımlarınız için...
DehaCeviri
Local time: 12:30
break your pen but never sell it
Explanation:
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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Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 09:30
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4 +6break your pen but never sell it
Mehmet Hascan
5breaking your pen is better than waiving your professional promise!
Salih YILDIRIM


  

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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
break your pen but never sell it


Explanation:
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.

Mehmet Hascan
Ireland
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8
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breaking your pen is better than waiving your professional promise!


Explanation:
self-explanatory

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 05:30
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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