[lojban-beginners] Re: Translation effort...

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- c1tk@c1tk.cjb.net wrote:
> [Adam D. Lopresto:]
> > >     Theologians define Evil as a supernatural force vying against God to
> > >     corrupt mankind.
> > .i lo'e jdactu cu xusra le du'u le ka palci cu makfa bapli gi'e gunka le
> > zu'o fapro le cevni kei le za'i le prenu cu pacybi'o 
> [Jorge Llambías:] 
> > lo'e jdactu cu te smuni lo'e palci lo'e makfa bapli poi gunka le nu fapro
> > le cevni kei le nu lo'e remna cu tolcuvbi'o
> 
> Thanks all. Is there any important difference between using "curve" and
> "pacybi'o"/"tolcuvbi'o" in this context, or is it just a matter of taste?

tolcuvbi'o is more metaphorical, but I was trying to avoid using palci 
to define palci. 

The difference between {gunka fi le nu lo'e remna cu tolcurve} and
{gunka fi le nu lo'e remna cu tolcuvbi'o} would be that the first is
"work to keep them corrupt" and the second is "work to make them corrupt".

> Also, what is the correct way (if any) to string together several
> assertions in general within "du'u"?

One way is ge ... gi ...

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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