From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Mar 11 22:34:19 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 12 Mar 2003 06:34:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 52075 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2003 06:34:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m12.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 12 Mar 2003 06:34:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Mar 2003 06:34:18 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18szog-0007md-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:34:18 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18szoT-0007mD-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:34:05 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:34:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao01.cox.net ([68.1.17.244]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18szoA-0007bL-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:33:46 -0800 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030312063313.RTJG18293.lakemtao01.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:33:13 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030312012241.03e13c40@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:24:50 -0500 To: Subject: [lojban] Re: Another major jbovlaste update. In-Reply-To: References: <200303112220.27499.phma@webjockey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 4443 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojbab@lojban.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Robert LeChevalier Reply-To: lojbab@lojban.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 10:45 PM 3/11/03 -0500, Craig wrote: > >> > I don't think it's wrong to have "butter source" in the dictionary, > >> > but a lot of the definitions of attitudinals are wrong. {ii}, for > >> > instance, should not be translated "fear". It's something you say when > >> > you're afraid, not something you say to talk about fear. Similarly, > >> > cruelty is kamkusru, not uunai. > >> > >> So what would you use instead? > > >Hard to say, as English doesn't have much of an attitudinal system. Maybe > >"cruelty;attitudinal"? Hopefully that'll keep people from using the > >attitudinal to translate a noun. > >There are two types of people relevant here: Those who know enough Lojban to >recognize that uunai is a cmavo compound and thus must be an attitudinal >indicating the cruelty, and those who don't know enough Lojban to get any >benefit from a jbovlaste-like system. That is to say, if you would use cmavo >to translate nouns, you aren't going to be producing a good translation with >jbovlaste anyway. Jbovlaste is NOT a substitute for learning the language, >and should not be designed to cater to those who may use it as one. ALL of the cmavo will be getting new, more clear definitions, as part of the byfy effort. Indeed, that was its primary reason for being commissioned - I was unsatisfied with trying to use the existing keyword definitions to translate cmavo, and hence the dictionary was not getting done. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org