From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Dec 10 08:53:03 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:53:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GtRup-0001l2-An for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:52:39 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GtRuk-0001kq-Nk for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:52:39 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so1090043uge for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:52:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=gBNqnjxJdwT1Z6aoBqwMrK+dSnOlqK/c4sFGO4/PV/uTauj7sV4aEVjqk0/ESVWgFf3qvOl8/aX6Rza4PJOHaxh+kBHMc1iqS+t8Oxt68sjzcYZxSkhHnMKpTbJIR4aEJEODfeFGvu7o2Dq3TnCGL6YH/OKjaxgH29TjmPMTQYc= Received: by 10.78.157.8 with SMTP id f8mr808192hue.1165769552799; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:52:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.90.6 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:52:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5b0248170612100852t5cb7c619kced58af5aca560cc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:52:32 +0900 From: "Sanghyeon Seo" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] .i tarci co'a slilu fi lo ka gusni MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 13329 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: sanxiyn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Long time no see! This time I translated a passage from Red Mars, which I consider one of the most fine passages in the genre of science fiction. The sense of wonder, I say. It is a free translation. Some background: the human kind are beginning to settling on Mars, but the atmosphere is too thin. They decide to capture an ice-rich asteroid and burn it on the orbit of Mars. And the unexpected thing happens. * * * .i tarci co'a slilu fi lo ka gusni ni'o la'edi'e suksa .i ro tarci cu desku .i lo se desku noi pamoi be lo vacri nu jicla cu darxi je se desku lo bukydi'u .i lo remoi cu balvi .ije lo gunma be lo sackycmu cu canci fa'a lo nanstuna je jvinu bo jimte .i lo fagri be ra cu rebla ra fa'a lo fagyplini .i fy ba'o canci .iri'abo suksa manku .ije lo fadni be lo nicte cu krefu .iku'i da binxo .i lo tarci co'a slilu fi lo ka gusni "All the stars suddenly shuddered. It was the first sonic boom, striking the tents and shaking them. A second boom followed, and the phosphor chunks bounced wildly for a moment as they tumbled down the sky and disappeared over the southeast horizon. Their firedrake tails followed them into Mars, and disappeared, and it was suddenly dark again, the ordinary night sky standing overhead as if nothing had happened. Except the stars were twinkling." Translated from English Red Mars (Paperback edition), page 377. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.