Re: [lojban] Re: Specific terminology - the case of philosophy terminology

[MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:09 AM, v4hn <me@v4hn.de> wrote:

Morning,

Why wouldn't you like to read Thus Spake Zarathustra?

You're assuming I don't want to read it. I meant the population at large.  

In my opinion it's a really good idea to translate
more standard literature beyond {le cmalu noltru} and
{lo selfri be la .alis. bei bu'u la selmacygu'e}.
Translating only fantasy/mystery just helps restricting the community
in my opinion.

"More standard" literature? Science fiction and mystery novels would provide a means of developing the whole language and one's own translation skills, along with being a far more popular type of reading material than philosophy. 

And my point of stressing quantity over quality is based on the small number of Lojban users. Popular texts would (or at least might) attract more people. 

mu'o mi'e la van

stevo 

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 08:22:31AM -0400, MorphemeAddict wrote:
> Not to discourage you from translating, but how about translating something
> that people might actually read, like a science fiction or mystery novel?
>
> stevo
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> I want to translate some philosophical works into Lojban
> > >
> > > May I ask which ones?
> >
> > I first thought of Spinoza's ETHICES, because of the logical structure
> > of the book.
> >
> > But, after more thought, it seems that it would be a trap :  Lojban is
> > too much logic-oriented, so the easyness must be a delusion.
> >
> > Indeed, it would be much more *challenging* to translate philosophers
> > that not only use a lot a logic, but also toy with poetry, for
> > instance Nietzsche.   So I think it would be a good idea to try to
> > translate THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA, for instance.

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