[lojban] Re: Translations For Penguicon Lojban Festival

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 07:19:11PM -0400, Matt Arnold wrote:
> You know the game RoboRally? Jen is making a Lojbanic RoboRally
> set for us to play, as a tool to learn the directional words.

Dude, that's *AWESOME*.  If it's decently produced, I will totally
buy one.

> I would appreciate some translation help with any or all of the
> following statements for the program book:
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Lojban, the Logical Language
> Poolside Room 6
> Lojbanists from all over the country will speak about, and sometimes
> in, a language based on predicate nominative logic systems which
> Heinlein borrowed for "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress." Lojban is one of
> the most well-developed artificial languages in existence today.

la .lojban. no'u le logji bangu

ne'i le xamoi kumfa be re'o le lalxu

lo jbopre poi xabju so'i da cu tavla fi la .lojban. gi'e ru'i nai
tavla fo ri noi se jicmu le bridi ke logji ciste gi'e se pilno la'o
gy. Heinlein .gy. tu'a la'o gy. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress .gy.
noi cfika .i la .lojban. xagmau so'a runbau le ka farvi

> --------------------------------------
> Lojban Practice
> Poolside Room 6
> Spectators welcome, but to use English, you have to write it on paper.
> This is the chance Lojbanists crave, to speak only in Lojban, the
> Logical Language!

Pierre's version is fine.

> --------------------------------------
> Lojban All Night
> Poolside Room 6
> Lojban speakers and their friends will translate your English
> sentences, play Lojban translations of board and card games, record
> podcasts in Lojban, discuss natural language processing and Lojban
> translation assistance software, attempt to precisely determine the
> meaning of the Lojban word for "the", and many other activities.
> Everyone is welcome! Visit us at http://www.lojban.org/
> --------------------------------------

I thought the last one was tough.  0.o

la .lojban. cabna pi ro le nicte

ne'i le xamoi kumfa be re'o le lalxu

lo jbopre .e lo pendo cu fanva fo le do glico jufra gi'e kelci le
lojbo fanva be le selkei gi'e gasnu lo lojbo se cusku vreji gi'e
casnu lo skami ke bangu ciste gi'e troci co jimpe fi zo lo .e zo le
gi'e gasnu so'i lo drata cinri .i ro da zanvi'e .i ko pilno la'o
zoi. http://www.lojban.org/ .zoi

-Robin

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