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Subject: Re: [lojban] {cukta} as a case study for why the dictionary needs
 clearer, more detailed entries
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Prefect WAS in quotes, so I'm fairly certain the author was aware that
actual objective perfection is not possible and was not what was meant.
On Jan 22, 2016 22:40, "Gleki Arxokuna" <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2016-01-23 4:16 GMT+03:00 Timothy Lawrence <
> timothy.lawrence@connect.qut.edu.au>:
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>> Another idea is to focus on making the Lojban definitions "perfect" and
>> then using machine translation to generate the other-language definitions
>> (which could then be reviewed if desired).
>>
>
> That's impossible since perfect languages don't exist. If one could make
> English definitions perfect then English could be immediately called a
> perfect language abandoning any need in any other languages.
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<p dir=3D"ltr">Prefect WAS in quotes, so I&#39;m fairly certain the author =
was aware that actual objective perfection is not possible and was not what=
 was meant.</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jan 22, 2016 22:40, &quot;Gleki Arxokuna&quot=
; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com">gleki.is.my.name@gmail.=
com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2=
016-01-23 4:16 GMT+03:00 Timothy Lawrence <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:timothy.lawrence@connect.qut.edu.au" target=3D"_blank">timothy.lawre=
nce@connect.qut.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><d=
iv style=3D"overflow:hidden">Another idea is to focus on making the Lojban =
definitions &quot;perfect&quot; and then using machine translation to gener=
ate the other-language definitions (which could then be reviewed if desired=
).<br></div></blockquote></div><br>That&#39;s impossible since perfect lang=
uages don&#39;t exist. If one could make English definitions perfect then E=
nglish could be immediately called a perfect language abandoning any need i=
n any other languages.</div></div>

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