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Comments on a bit of translation...

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Hi, all. I decided to translate the NES game Zelda to lojban. I've located
 all the text, but there's still some binary-level hacking I need to do
 (partially because of the translation that follows). I translated the
 opening storyline and would like comments on my translation. Keep in mind
 that there are space requirements, too. I was able to expant the title line
 3 chars to fit that, but the story lines can't be expanded. I figured out
 how to get more story lines to fit the whole thing, but I'm going to have to
 hack it to fit all in there nicely. Anyhow, here is the translation:

<pre>

|<-- 19  chars -->|

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

|<----- 24 CHARS ----->|

MANY  YEARS  AGO  PRINCE
         ..      ..
DARKNESS   GANNON  STOLE

ONE OF THE TRIFORCE WITH

POWER.    PRINCESS ZELDA

HAD  ONE OF THE TRIFORCE

WITH WISDOM. SHE DIVIDED
       .. ..
IT INTO  8 UNITS TO HIDE
        ..      ..
IT FROM   GANNON  BEFORE

SHE WAS CAPTURED.
             .. ..
  GO FIND THE  8 UNITS
  ..    ..
    LINK  TO SAVE HER.

 |<---- 22 CHARS ---->|

 LE LISRI PO'U LA ZELD.

|<----- 24 CHARS ----->|

.I LE  PACYNO'I  PO'U LA
GANYN. PUZUKI ZERLE'A PA
LE CIBYVLI PO'U LE BAPLI
.I   LE  NOBLI  PO'U  LA
ZELD. GOI KO'A  PONSE LE
CIBYVLI  PO'U  LE  PRIJE
GOI KO'E   .I LE NU KO'A
FENDI  KO'E LE  BI SPISA
GOI  KO'I   CU  VELMIPRI
KO'A  KO'E  LA GANYN. BA
LE   NU  KO'A   SELKAVBU

.I  KO FACKI  LE  SELZVA
KO'I  TEZU'E XRUTI  KO'A
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