Eğer ikinci dilinden anadiline çeviri yaparsan, bu durumun tersine tercihen, hata yapma olasılığın daha az olur.
- If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes.
Televizyon seyretmek yerine, dışarıya çıkıp biraz temiz hava al.
- Go out and breathe some fresh air instead of watching TV.
İşe gitmek yerine bütün gün evde kaldım.
- I stayed at home all day instead of going to work.
Neden onun yerine ben dövülürüm?
- Why am I getting beaten up instead of him?
Tom onun yerine Mary'nin terfi alması gerçeğine kızdı.
- Tom resented the fact that Mary got the promotion instead of him.
O bina sanırım beş yıl önce dikildi.
- That building was erected five years ago, I think.
Bu anıt on yıl önce dikildi.
- This statue was erected ten years ago.
I'd like a dog rather than a cat.
I'd like to go home early rather than risk the roads later.
Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
- Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
... But rather than choosing what to put in their list, they put ...
... some campaigns are focused on attacking a person rather than prescribing their own future ...