Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Türkiye
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani 
The Best or Nothing
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi), and 1 more.
The late
Explanation:
I think Zig Ziglar is an author name. What does "the late" mean?
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Charles Davis
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acetran
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Jan 13, 2015 08:18: danya changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 22, 2015 07:39: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Charles Davis, Lara Barnett, danya
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It doesn't necessarily mean that the person has only just died, but it is usually applied to someone who died fairly recently, within living memory. To say "the late Queen Victoria" nowadays would sound a bit ridiculous, as if we had been alive in the nineteenth century, but you might well refer to "the late Margaret Thatcher", for example.
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Muhammad Said
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Thanks, Muhammad :)
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JaneD
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Thanks, Jane!
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Lara Barnett
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Thanks, Lara!
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: OR the late Zig Ziglar ...
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Thanks, 1045!
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writeaway
: oeuf corse
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Thanks, writeaway. What have Corsican eggs got to do with it? :)
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Sabrina Bruna
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Thanks, Sabrina :)
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Arabic & More
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Thanks, Amel :)
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Thayenga
: Yes, long gone from this world. Have a great day, Charles, and a belated Happy New Year. :)
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Thanks very much, Thayenga :) Same to you!
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Carol Gullidge
: agree, heaven knows! There is also of course the delightfully quaint usage by Alexander McCall-Smith in his "No. 1 Ladies Detective" novels, … "I'm sorry to hear your husband is late." I guess this must be Botswana usage; it's certainly not standard!
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Thanks, Carol :) (You see, I do vote non-Pro sometimes, though what it means in EN>EN questions is anyone's guess!)
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Tony M
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Thanks, Tony!
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B D Finch
: It's a late parrot.
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Yes! And so it will for ever be. Thanks, B D :)
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack!
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George Rabel
: R.I.P.
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Right! Thanks, George :)
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AllegroTrans
: Non-pro answer from a real pro....
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Many thanks, Chris :)
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Tamas Elek
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Thanks, Tamas!
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Phong Le
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Thanks, Phong Le :)
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Muhammad Said
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:)
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B D Finch
: "No more alive" than what?
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AllegroTrans
: Not really how it is expressed
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"Not really how it is expressed" -- Is this expressed correctly?
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Discussion
You are not walking the talk. You are making the same error which you are pointing finger at.
Finch says a confidence level of 5 makes one look silly. She herself give 5 for her answer, and that answer is not accepted.
It says: "B D Finch: A confidence level of 5 risks making one look silly, particularly when answering a question in a specialised linguistic field."
And see this page where Finch gives a 5 for her not selected answer: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/business_commerce_general/...