Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
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coi ro do

Today, I had the idea to take a short text and have everybody translate it 
to Lojban. The motivations are:
1. To see and compare the different styles of Lojbanic writing 
2. To give people a short text to practice their Lojban 
3. To learn and have fun 

I picked the following short story, and so far, two people have already 
made a translation of it and a few more said there were going to try as 
well. I think that if the first round of this is fun enough then we could 
do another one  with a different story. Maybe this could become a monthly 
or biweekly thing. I hope some of you like this idea and decide to try a 
translation yourself. You can send the translations to me in private or 
just in this thread, I compile them and add them to the collection of all 
the other translations on a tiki page. 
The text only has 420 words, so it's doable in a day. It took me an hour. 
Here is the text:


The Princess and the Pea (by Hans Christian Anderssen)

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she 
would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find 
one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, 
but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was 
always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home 
again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real 
princess.

     One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, 
and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the 
city gate, and the old king went to open it.

     It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good 
gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water 
ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes 
and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

     Well, we'll soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said 
nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and 
laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on 
the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

     On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was 
asked how she had slept.

     "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. 
Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, 
so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

     Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the 
pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

     Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

     So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a 
real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be 
seen, if no one has stolen it.
     There, that is a true story. 


mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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coi ro do<br><br>Today, I had the idea to take a short text and have everyb=
ody translate it to Lojban. The motivations are:<br> 1. To see and compare =
the different styles of Lojbanic writing
<br>2. To give people a short text to practice their Lojban
<br>3. To learn and have fun
<br><br>I picked the following short story, and so far, two people have alr=
eady made a translation of it and a few more said there were going to try a=
s well. I think that if the first round of this is fun enough then we could=
 do another one&nbsp; with a different story. Maybe this could become a mon=
thly or biweekly thing. I hope some of you like this idea and decide to try=
 a translation yourself. You can send the translations to me in private or =
just in this thread, I compile them and add them to the collection of all t=
he other translations on a tiki page. <br>The text only has 420 words, so i=
t's doable in a day. It took me an hour. Here is the text:<br><br><br>The P=
rincess and the Pea (by Hans Christian Anderssen)<br><br>Once upon a time t=
here was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be =
a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere c=
ould he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was diffic=
ult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something abo=
ut them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, fo=
r he would have liked very much to have a real princess.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp=
;&nbsp;&nbsp; One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and l=
ightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was hea=
rd at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp; It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But,=
 good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The w=
ater ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her s=
hoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princ=
ess.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, we'll soon find that out, though=
t the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the=
 bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twen=
ty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on =
top of the mattresses.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On this the princess=
 had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.<br><=
br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely cl=
osed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was ly=
ing on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's h=
orrible!"<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Now they knew that she was a real=
 princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses =
and the twenty eider-down beds.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nobody but =
a real princess could be as sensitive as that.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp; So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real=
 princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, i=
f no one has stolen it.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There, that is a true s=
tory. <br><br><br>mu'o mi'e la selpa'i<br>

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