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Trying to figure out what 譲れない equates to in English. Context is that this is
from a manga, and the conversation is:

> Character 1: はぁ、相変わらず熱心だなァ。
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> Character 2: 無論、僕は庭師だからな。庭だけは **譲れん** 。お前も料理に関しては **譲れん** だろう？それと同じだ。

I'm under the impression that 譲れない means "non-negotiable". However, if I were
to use that meaning, in English the above sentence would be something like:

> Of course, I'm a gardener after all. Gardening is the one thing I don't
> negotiate on. You also don't negotiate when it comes to cooking, do you?
> It's the same as that.

But I feel like I'm missing another meaning for 譲れない as "non-negotiable" in
this context doesn't seem to make much sense.
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Meaning of 譲れん (譲れない)
I'd say it's "leave (it) to others" in this case
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Unless you have to do a verb-for-a-verb type of translation, you might
consider using phrases such as:

> "I'm the boss/rulebook (when it comes to ~~)."
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> "I'm second to none (in ~~)"

because that is the nuance of 「[譲]{ゆず}れない」 in this context.
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譲れん is a kind of local dialect of 譲れない, which is prominent in the western part
of Japan. As a Kyūshū-ite, I used to use れん, せん, and ん like いけん in boyhood
instead of いけない daily and as a matter of course.

…れん instead of …れない is used in similar way as …せん instead of …せない

> 眠れない→眠れん - Can't sleep.
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> 食べられない→食べれん - Can't eat.
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> 喋らない→喋れん - Can't speak.
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> 教えることができない→教えれん - Can't teach.

もう、やってはおられない→もう、やっちゃおれん - It's hopeless.

> 話せない→話せん - Can't speak.
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> 通せない→通せん - I won't let you pass.
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> 崩せない→崩せん - Can't break.

Kenkyusha’s New Japanese English Dictionary (新和英中辞典) gives definitions of 譲る
as:

  1. give, hand over, transfer.

  2. abdicate the throne (in favor of one’s son).

  3. give up one’s seat to sb.

  4. leave one’s post to make way for a (younger person)

  5. give way to, concede 

I think your example of the gardener’s remark in your question,
"僕は庭師だからな。庭だけは譲れん" meaning "I’m a professional gardener (the gardening is my
turf), I cannot give my throne (seat) to you (junior)" comes under 3. or 4. of
the above definitions rather than your take – “non negotiable.”

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