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Re: [lojban] About cmene?



Or for my part, I just chose a name in Lojban that I liked for its meaning, regardless of its relation to my own name.
{tsani} is irrelevant to "Jacob", which I used to use as {djeikyb}

On 12 February 2012 12:18, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
And there's people like me, who don't even use their given name. (Which means "Gift of God").


On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org> wrote:
On 02/12/2012 08:30 AM, buroq_mat@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
coi

Is not it better to convert the name of its meaning to the name of the
lojban instead of converting the name of another language to the
lojban?

for example:
Ali means in Arabic the high, after make a cmene become "yli" but if I
want to make cmene from the meaning become "galtus", the converting
from mening more clear.

In general, people tend not to translate their names.  If your name is John, you don't usually go around saying "Hi, my name is God-is-Gracious."  People named David (or Muhammad for that matter) aren't known as "Beloved" or "Dear" in English.

Which is not to say you can't use a translation if you want to; it's up to you how you choose to name yourself.  But also be aware when you're naming someone else.

~mark


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