Re: [lojban] relative clause in a name

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 27 June 2010 18:46:16 tijlan wrote:
> I can think of two principles to consider. One is translational fidelity.
> If the non-Lojbanic source text is left-branching (dependents precede a
> head), it would benefit from "la poi ma'azva .karabax." than "la karabax.
> poi ma'azva" in terms of accuracy. The other one is flow of information as
> a literary device. You decide which structure is cognitively more effective
> in communicating the idea in question.

Which would you say for that particular name? In case you didn't recognize it, 
Russian "nagorny" means "on the mountain".

Pierre

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Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.

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