From reiter@netspace.net.au Sat Feb 26 03:20:18 2000
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Date: 26 Feb 2000 22:20:18 +1100
From: Peter Moulder <reiter@netspace.net.au>
Subject: Re: Big translation project
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John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> writes:

> > "OK" - je'e
> 
> "je'e" means "acknowledgement, and probably isn't right
> for the "OK" button.  I think "drani" (It is correct) would
> be more appropriate.

Depends on context.  Sometimes "je'e" is the right choice, e.g. for
acknowledgement of, say, an error condition message.


I think it a good idea when writing to the Lojban list to try
to do a translation of the essential ideas of what is written
in English.  By sticking to the bare essentials, hopefully the
result won't be too far above the Lojban abilities of either the
writer or the readers :) .
Here goes.

.i zo je'e kakne
 le za'i ri drani xe fanva kei
 le nu jarco tu'a lo fliba notci mu'a 

ni'o
mi jinvi le du'u
  so'a da so'a de zo'u
    ganai da ciska de la jbomriste
    gi xamgu fa le nu
      da fanva de la lojban.
.i le nu na fanva le nandu kei
  cu rinka a'o
  le nu le xe fanva cu frili te jimpe 


co'o mi'e xirma litru

[{la xirma litru} is supposed to be a translation of `rider' (or rather
`reiter'); the name `reiter' is a reference to a (German) poem, in which
the riding was more a matter of {klama} or {litru} rather than either
{jitro}, {se bevri} or {se marce}.  In non-tanru form, I'd write {klama
fu lo xirma} rather than {litru fi lo xirma}, but the generality of
{klama} makes {xirma klama} more open to misinterpretation than {xirma
litru}.  Comments welcome.]