"Ο μπαμπάς μου είναι ένας διάσημος δικηγόρος."

Translation: My dad is a famous lawyer.

[Rveyda686917]

My dad is a famous lawyer why wrong

[cecilia785552]

O πατερας μου ειναι διασημος δικηγορος

[cecilia785552]

Πρεπει να γραψω ενας

[elenismail]

I translated this to "My father is a famous attorney" and it was not accepted.

[Dimitra956826]

Now it's accepted, it's been edited. Thank you for the comment ^.^ (Keep in mind thought that sometimes it's good to stick to word-to-word translations. Father is not wrong, but dad would be more precise no? ^.^)

[GayChristo1]

is well-known lawyer acceptable?

[BeverleyWa893824]

Agree it should be

[G.Georgopoulos]

The answer was there, but it was missing the hyphen, I've added it now.

[Jon345104]

Παππάς is that another version of μπαμπάς

[troll1995]

It was about 1000 years ago, παπάς now only means "priest" because we call them "fathers" in Greece (!). When it took that meaning, παπάς as daddy was replaced by μπαμπάς with some foreign influence (I suppose to distinguish the meanings).

[Jimbo236]

My father is a famous advocate is wrong. What word is better fitting for advocate?

[BeverleyWa893824]

'advocate' is used in Scotland and other places. Neutral word for lawyer (British)/attorney (American)

[ThomasFAustria]

I wrote: "My dad is a famous advocate" and was marked wrong. (30.08.2020)

[MalysSibyl]

Does someone has any tips about the etymology of διασημος to help us learn it ? Thanks a lot !

[troll1995]

It's δια- (through, inter-) + σήμα (mark, signal).