[lojban-beginners] Re: Can you translate this for me?

[m3o@plasmatix.com]

> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM,  <m3o@plasmatix.com> wrote:
>> Hello, I am new to this mailing list and also to Lojban.
>>
>> I discovered Lojban a few days ago and have grown fond of it.
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> fi'i
> (welcome)
>
> .i la .lojban. cu melbi lo melbi
> Lojban is beautiful to the beautiful.
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>> Now I gathered resources to learn it and all, but I would like to have a
>> "preview"-translation of what I am going to be translating once I am
>> proficient in Lojban.
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>
> Sure, I'll give it a shot.
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>> You forget everything you knew.
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> do to'e morji ro pu se djuno be do
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>> You lose all your knowledge, all your memories, your intentions, and
>> thus
>> are open for all the influences that await you in your environment.
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> .i do cirko ro do seldju .e ro do selmo'i .e ro do tertoi
> .i ki'u bo do bredi lo nu se galfi lo denpa vanbi be do
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>> You don't know that you have forgotten, and therefore you don't feel any
>> grief about it.
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> .i do na djuno lo du'u do to'e morji
> .i ki'u bo do na badri le fasnu
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> And here's a back-translation:
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> do to'e morji ro pu se djuno be do
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> - You forget all of your past knowledge.
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> .i do cirko ro do seldju .e ro do selmo'i .e ro do tertoi
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> - You lose all your knowledge and all your memories and all your ways
> of trying.
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> .i ki'u bo do bredi lo nu se galfi lo denpa vanbi be do
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> - Because of this, you are ready to be changed by your waiting
> environment.
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> .i do na djuno lo du'u do to'e morji
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> - You do not know that you forget.
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> .i ki'u bo do na badri le fasnu
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> - Because of this, you are not sad about the event.
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> mi'e la stela selckiku
> mu'o
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Wow, that was fast!
Thank you.

Of course I have no idea how good that translation is but it sure looks
promising!

I hope I will soon be able to see for myself how I would translate it...