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Subject: [lojban] Re: A first attempt at translation
From: Martin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Norb=E4ck?= <d95mback@dtek.chalmers.se>
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tis 2003-12-02 klockan 08.03 skrev LeSchof:
> .i o'onai .i doi fetcei ko cu sanga le go'i po'e le bersa ku ge'u ku
> vau
> 
> Which I hope means something like:
> Anger. (designate goddess(es) for imperative ko) command goddess(es)
> to sing about the previous sentence (anger).  This anger belongs
> (inseperably) to the son.

Are you translating from the original classical greek version? If not,
you will inevitably get a worse translation.

The concept of writing hexameter in lojban seems almost impossible,
especially since stress is part of the syntax.

I would start something like this:

doi fetcei .i ko tavla fi le nu la akiles cu fengu

I'm a beginner at lojban myself.

Regards,

	Martin