From jimr1603@gmail.com Mon Feb 08 08:57:07 2010 Received: from mail-px0-f201.google.com ([209.85.216.201]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NeWv0-00058k-8M for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:57:06 -0800 Received: by pxi39 with SMTP id 39so5237647pxi.2 for ; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:56:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=QHUjzmEl4N59FaKZgghLibygi0UuyAPIGLMS2wS+xjg=; b=MQHG9cUjKSv1pLnRFfBR0BJj6mUheOgahq6fe2EUqm+iIUZgGTB5EODk0nW+oMPfkB xvJdHa688p1qhe2/Ul+6AOGzyBnBCMQDObr/gSYL3jiIGrWY8cBFsq25Eq9wHKWipSjf aFuGzsK9/RSanrgZUjs3J76HbU7a+4hVUs7nc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=K0CURuaEE1hIkaJdBjqcSZ6QuYSfJ1WQVaWmE1dq/CzN5GghCUz1x8nyYGFYdkgtM2 qCMi4OajCQGmCt6wyLkHe3q1Wh6JzRFjwy7pIhUuSIjqYRd/IPegTbKTrHqC5MTA47O0 8zDKPtbcDxMeVICHI86v85W1JRSJBcKSBjAiE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.252.8 with SMTP id z8mr4645393rvh.173.1265648215672; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:56:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5715b9301002080844v30a14d46yf4a3240ddc58a5f8@mail.gmail.com> References: <5715b9301002080844v30a14d46yf4a3240ddc58a5f8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:56:55 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] differences in style From: james riley To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd3f2f64e4997047f19b0e0 --000e0cd3f2f64e4997047f19b0e0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Jeeves and Wooster is PD?! I'm impressed. I didin't know this. Bye bye long hours of doing nothing at uni. cmacis On 8 February 2010 16:44, Luke Bergen wrote: > 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 > --000e0cd3f2f64e4997047f19b0e0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeeves and Wooster is PD?! I'm impressed. I didin't know this. Bye = bye long hours of doing nothing at uni.

cmacis

On 8 February 2010 16:44, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>= wrote:
I recently found = a series of books/short stories by P. G. Wodehouse about a valet named Jeev= es. =A0They're great stories and I've been enjoying them immensely.= =A0Then I discovered that many of the earlier stories are in the public do= main. =A0That's when I started messing with the idea of trying to trans= late 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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