Azerbaijani to Dari: rebuild the links inside a noun phrase
Move the description without moving its meaning
Azerbaijani and Dari can both place a verb late in a sentence, but their noun phrases do not follow the same arrangement. An Azerbaijani description normally precedes its noun. Dari commonly places the description afterward, connected by ezafa. Moving only the final verb therefore leaves a visibly translated phrase inside an otherwise plausible sentence.
Compare Azerbaijani qırmızı alma with Dari سیب سرخ, both meaning a red apple. The descriptive word changes sides. The connecting vowel in the Dari reading is usually not represented as a separate written word. A translation should not insert a Latin vowel between the two Persian-script words merely to make the pronunciation visible. For a learner, a separate pronunciation note serves a different purpose from the ordinary written translation.
A long description needs a second check. In Dari, an adjective belongs beside the noun it modifies. If the Azerbaijani message distinguishes a large container from the large owner of a container, preserve that attachment when reorganizing the words. Keeping every vocabulary item while attaching large to the wrong noun changes the information someone needs to identify the object.
Recognize possession before replacing its suffix
Azerbaijani kitabım means my book. Its ending identifies the possessor; adding a plural ending before it produces kitablarım, my books. A following case ending can add another relationship, as in kitablarımda, in my books. These are several instructions packed into one word, rather than a long dictionary entry with one indivisible meaning.
Dari کتابم also means my book, so the two short forms can look reassuringly parallel after transliteration. That resemblance does not establish a matching suffix order for longer descriptions. A Dari possessive suffix can occur at the end of a noun-and-adjective chain. Establish which words describe the object before deciding where the possessor belongs.
When the source contains a location ending, carry the location into the whole Dari expression. My books, in my books, and from my books answer different questions. Recovering the possessive meaning while dropping the case relationship can turn a reference to information inside a book into a statement about ownership.
Keep neutral reference and Afghan usage
Azerbaijani o does not identify a person as male or female. Dari also permits reference without introducing that distinction. An English intermediate gloss containing he or she must not become extra information in the final message. Resolve an unclear person from the Azerbaijani conversation rather than from the English gloss.
The selected target is Dari for Afghan readers. Shared vocabulary with Iranian Persian is useful, but it does not make every regional wording interchangeable. Keep this target setting when translating a complete Azerbaijani request; changing the interface label after producing another variety does not revise its expressions.
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