[lojban] Re: citri lo velmikce

[Pierre Abbat <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 17:47, Andrii Zvorygin wrote:
> dated 2000, you eat the root
> ,dated 1000, the root pertains to multi-dieti-religions and you request
> from god
> ,dated 1850 the request event, is the opposite of logic belief, and you
> drink curing soup
> ,dated 1940 the curing soup is a trick commodity, and you eat curing
> chemicals
> ,dated 1985 the curing chemicals are a not healthy cause and you drink the
> mold germ killers
> ,dated 2000 the mold germ killers become an artifact, and you eat root

I had a hard time with several of the words. For instance, the "trick 
commodity" is in the original "snake oil". The literal translation 
{sincygrasu} is not appropriate unless it's an oil having something to do 
with a snake. Here's the original. Can you do better?

 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 
 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 
 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 
 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 
 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 
 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!"

phma


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