[lojban] Re: What Texts Would You [...] In Lojban - 3

[David KOCH <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

You are right, but I though have such a REFERENCE book (long and
detailed, covering large vocabulary and full grammar) would be a
good thing. But yet, true that short articles or such things would
prevent people from being scared at first sight...

> No, you probably wouldn't invest the time and effort to read such a
> lengthy work in Lojban. Even if you did, the "very shortly" timeframe
> is too small to learn enough expertise to understand a text like
> Gulliver's Travels if it were in Lojban. Here are some arguments from
> Lojbab about why it's better to translate short stories and articles
> instead of novel-length works:
> [...]
> I think it was during a similar discussion last year that he sent
> this. I agree. Short stories and articles are a better way to spend
> our time right now.
> -epkat

> > Very shortly, I'd like to read this masterpiece in Lojban :
> > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/829
> > http://lee.jaffebros.com/gulliver/
> > KOCH David aka Kochise

> > > coi jbonei
> > > Suppose you have a weighty amount of time and desire to learn Lojban  
> > > by reading texts in it. What texts would you like to use for this  
> > > purpose?
> > > Would they be sci-fi, detectives, or scientific articles? What authors
> > > would you like to read in Lojban?
> > > mi'e .ianis.


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