From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Feb 08 08:44:33 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NeWiu-00047q-Ow for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:33 -0800 Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NeWie-00043k-A3 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:20 -0800 Received: by vws10 with SMTP id 10so1292668vws.40 for ; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=toCb3Iuw2VAAqC2dvKUefjxbl86lQ7PB1k6WJ903Rn4=; b=nKs2PGgvYMRaNw5tHQrQTl8W27iA9ouxW69sNRD/jiANQ+LXLNvYwOalmVLwlQdZLR HJiqbW+SkDlxmyv1TR4ASa3s9DerP1MWOLntXilI7snGkYO7iTV9wzmnQPRYKfzq1nv4 ipXg7ipJHTRP61iSiPKMfvf/TfABYdFG5QSXU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=oBiyif0h0mIHoQH4vf5cpEUuIvtNS+/97hXaId5iV/Zcymvjvkry4SiS/HEmYwTAho 74YzKwEAzEaEUAOvCUZpc4vG5t9VpC0X8SDyTtHkzVsihxvCeCWAOMnMYHFin1ASvhSm 0N3IjQ/qnPO7d9Jqx7MxjccLSf52rkv/wVedw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.122.169 with SMTP id l41mr6503035vcr.115.1265647448836; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:44:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:44:08 -0500 Message-ID: <5715b9301002080844v30a14d46yf4a3240ddc58a5f8@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] differences in style From: Luke Bergen To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636d3525e994d64047f19825a X-archive-position: 16921 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lukeabergen@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --001636d3525e994d64047f19825a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I recently found a series of books/short stories by P. G. Wodehouse about a valet named Jeeves. They're great stories and I've been enjoying them immensely. Then I discovered that many of the earlier stories are in the public domain. That's when I started messing with the idea of trying to translate some of them into lojban. The thing is, jeeves and his... {se} valet have very different styles of speaking. So, do you think it's possible to retain the kind of style that the following conversation has? Jeeves: "The scheme I would suggest cannot fail of success, but it has what may seem to you a drawback, sir, in that it requires a certain financial outlay." Wooster: "He means," I translated to Corky, "that he has got a pippin of an idea, but it's going to cost a bit." TL;DR how would one abuse lojban for stylistic reasons in literature the way that some people abuse english in order to make a character sound more rough around the edges (i.e. Eliza Doolittle). mi'e pafcribe --001636d3525e994d64047f19825a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recently found a series of books/short stories by P. G. Wodehouse about a= valet named Jeeves. =A0They're great stories and I've been enjoyin= g them immensely. =A0Then I discovered that many of the earlier stories are= in the public domain. =A0That's when I started messing with the idea o= f trying to translate some of them into lojban.

The thing is, jeeves and his... {se} valet have very differe= nt styles of speaking. =A0So, do you think it's possible to retain the = kind of style that the following conversation has?

Jeeves: "The scheme I would suggest cannot fail of success, but i= t has what may seem to you a drawback, sir, in that it requires a certain f= inancial outlay."
Wooster: "He means," I translate= d to Corky, "that he has got a pippin of an idea, but it's going t= o cost a bit."

TL;DR how would one abuse lojban for stylistic reasons = in literature the way that some people abuse english in order to make a cha= racter sound more rough around the edges (i.e. Eliza Doolittle).

=A0mi'e pafcribe
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