Re: rights

[Robin Turner <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

la pilx. cusku di'e

> On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Lin Zhe Min wrote:
>
> > > is very standard for this, and since the equivalent formula in Spanish is
> > > "considerando" I suppose that "considerante" is not surprising for the
> > > Romance based IALs.
>
> ...
>
> > Mmm... There is no Chinese counterparts of this word. We have some words
> > like "but" (but a more literate 'but').
>
> You mean
>
>         fan3zhi
>         er2 .... [you4] ...
>
> These come quite close to "whereas" and "alors que".
> But I don't see how "pro tio ke" and "considerando" fit in here.

The problem is with the original English.  I can see how "considerando" fits the
sentence, but not "whereas"!  What the authors of the UNDHR seem to be saying is
more like "Given that ..."

co'o mi'e robin.