Re: [lojban] Re: Translation request

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote:

> la xod cusku di'e
>
> > > > Could you translate the phrase at
> > > > http://lingvo.org/dokumentoj/ksnd.html into Lojban.
> >
> >.a'o .i le bangu poi kampu je sampu je kulnu vudypai je remoi cei
> >kysykyry. cu ralju ke nibli je tolkargu je pretru ke'e toldaspo le cusku
> >nabmi be lo'e ro'opre
>
> My take:
>
> i lo'e kampu je sampu je nutli je remoi bangu goi KSNR cu
> jicmu traji gi'e tolkargu traji gi'e rolseltru traji vau fo
> lei danfu be le cusku nabmi be lo'e ropno prenu
>
> Using {le bangu} suggests that you're talking of a particular
> language, and, even though they obviously do have a particular
> language in mind, they don't present it that way.


huh?


 (Also, KSKR
> is a sumti, you can't assign it with {cei}.)


I was afraid of that.


 Repeating traji
> is necessary because they claim it is the most fundamental,
> the most economic, and the most democratic, not just the most
> in all three things together but the most in each of them, which
> is a stronger claim.


I don't agree that repetition creates a stronger claim.



> Komuna, Simpla, Neŭtrala, Dua (K.S.N.D.) lingvo estas la plej
> fundamenta, la plej ekonomia, la plej demokrata solvo por la
> komunikadproblemo de la Eŭropa civitano.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>
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