[lojban] Re: Translation: Criticism requested

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007 04:33, Penguino wrote:
> I am doing an assignment about how Lojban's unique grammar might help one
> understand the concepts of reasoning better. For this, I translated the
> following paragraph:
>
> Many Australians favour making the nation a republic. However, it is
> unclear just how many Australians there are in favour of this, and until we
> know and are sure that a very large majority of Australians want a
> republic, we should not move too quickly to implement this change.
>
> My translation:
> ***so'i sralypre cu zanru le su'u le sralygu'e cu se nalselnolje'a kei goi
> ko'a .i ku'i na filseljmi fa le du'u xokau sralypre cu go'i .i je pu'o lo
> nu ma'a djuno je birti lo du'u piso'a sralypre cu djica ko'a kei kei ma'a
> bilga lo nu na dukse sutra gaurtoi ko'a

For "republic" I say {ka'irje'a}. {nalnoltruje'a} is good too, as it 
emphasizes the rule by non-nobles as opposed to rule by the Queen, and 
Australia already has a House of Representatives and a Senate. 
{nalselnolje'a} sounds like a state that doesn't recognize nobles, or that 
recognizes non-nobles (x2 of {nobli} is who recognizes someone as noble).

{filseljmi} means "easily understood". I'd say {na satci djuno le du'u...}.

"should not move" is syntactically ambiguous in English, because "not" 
precedes an infinitive but follows a finite verb. It can mean {bilga lo nu na 
co'e} or {na bilga lo nu co'e}.

Pierre


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