From @uga.cc.uga.edu:lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Sun Jun 18 00:05:38 1995 Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA3455 ; Sun, 18 Jun 95 00:05:37 BST Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk via puntmail for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk; Sun, 18 Jun 95 13:26:17 GMT Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by punt2.demon.co.uk id aa11275; 18 Jun 95 14:26 +0100 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0583; Sun, 18 Jun 95 09:24:11 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4980; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 09:24:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 07:22:22 -0600 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: Another question about imperatives X-To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet To: Iain Alexander Message-ID: <9506181426.aa11275@punt2.demon.co.uk> Status: R >Not later than December 15 of 1993, and each subsequent calendar year, >the Secretary shall prescribe tables which shall apply in lieu of the >tables contained in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) with respect >to taxable years beginning in the succeeding calendar year. How about using "bilga" for "shall": pu le detri pe li 15:12:1993 ku gi'e ca ro nanca poi balvi ri ku la sekryteris. cu bilga lenu finti lo liste poi basti le liste be fi'o selpau .abu joi by. joi cy. joi dy. joi .ebu bei seki'i ro balvi ke cteki nanca be'o [whew; I really got bogged down there -- I realize it's not a very complete translation. But why bother, because...] >Or are there no taxes in Lojland? .i go'i .ui .i .a'o zo'oru'e lenu pilno la lojban cu galfi le nalylogji prenu le logji prenu .i secau le nalylogji prenu loi cteki cu na zasti .i (to paunai le te cteki gi'i le ve cteki cu nalylogji .i la'edi'u te jinvi toi) zo'onai, though, pe'i contracts, laws, and judicial decisions might be particularly good tests of Lojban because they often use precise wording and attempt to be logical, exhaustive, and without loopholes.