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[lojban-beginners] Re: Translation exercise- critique requested



Jon MacLeod wrote:
Please correct any errors I have made or provide suggestions to improve:

.ienai lenu cilre le la .lojban. bangu kei na frili .i.ia mi kakne lenu mi snura cusku lu lenu mi certu pilno la .lojban. cu selte'i banli narfrili fi lenu mi djuno le vlaste

Original English-
"The Lojban language is not difficult to learn. I believe I can safely say that my vocabulary knowledge is the only major obstacle to fluent use of it."

{.ienai lenu cilre le la .lojban. bangu kei na frili}
This means that you are disagreeing with someone and asserting that Lojban's language is not easy to learn. I'd say {lonu cilre fi la lojban. na nandu}.
{mi snura cusku}
"I can safely say" is an idiom. What is the danger from which you are snura? Maybe you could say {mi birti cusku}. I'm not sure what you're trying to say with {selte'i banli narfrili}, but try using {zunti} for "obstacle".

Pierre