[lojban] Re: A comment on one of my jboselkei translations

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On the other hand, the tense in English may be
there just because something has to be, whereas
the absence in Lojban conveys the same relevant
information.  The fact that an original has a
feature does not mean that a translation -- even
a good, even the best translation -- has to have
that feature.  The esthetics is much more open to
debate thanthat.

--- Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/22/06, John E Clifford
> <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't that the definition of malglico?
> 
> 
> Not in the slightest. Just because it is
> permissible to leave out tense,
> that doesn't mean the resulting vagueness and
> lack of information is
> preferable and more Lojbanic. The resulting
> translation would not only be
> valid, it would also possess more of the
> information the original speaker
> intended to get across. I don't think a
> faithful translator is in the
> business of telling the person who they're
> translating what they are allowed
> to intend.
> -Matt
> 
> --- Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 3/22/06, Pierre Abbat
> <phma@phma.optus.nu>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I also didn't think that a past tense
> tag
> > > was necessary because of the
> > > > {ca
> > > > > le cabycerni} tense sumti. Am I wrong?
> > > >
> > > > It isn't necessary. It isn't necessary
> even
> > > without it; tense is optional
> > > > in
> > > > Lojban.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Tense is optional in texts written
> originally
> > > in Lojban, but the English to
> > > be translated was asking for it.
> > > -epkat
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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