Re: [lojban] Translation help for a theatre project?

[Jyrki Pylväs <jpylvas@gmail.com>]

Hello!

And nice to hear that my idea sparks interest! Where are you from, by the way? Do you have a chance to see the actual performance when it's ready?
I uploaded the text as .rtf here: koti.phnet.fi/jpylvas/humancondition/godot/
Check it out and tell me what you think!  
Since most of the audience will not recognize the language, the translation doesn't have to be perfect. Even literal would do fine (although my translator spouse would kill me for saying this out loud)... But still one question:  the text has a distinct semi-religious/ceremonial style and I wonder how would that translate in Lojban? How does lojban "work" with different styles? 
And do you think you could make us also an audio file to help with pronounciation? I know all of this is a lot to ask, but since I think the idea is so good we better execute it as well as possible.

J. 


keskiviikko, 31. lokakuuta 2012 19.04.00 UTC+2 selpa'i kirjoitti:
> Am 31.10.2012 09:58, schrieb jpy...@gmail.com:
> > Hello everybody!
>
> Hello!
>
> > I'm preparing a play called The Human Condition, which will have its
> > premiere early December in Helsinki, Finland. [...]
> > The reason I'm approaching the international Lojban community is that
> > I'd like one of the characters on stage to speak only Lojban.
>
> Cool, sounds interesting. Surely it would be great to have Lojban 
> featured in a real play.
>
>  > Would anybody (or a group of
> > people) be interested in helping me out? The original is written in
> > English, it's five pages (about 1000 words) with lots of repetition.
>
> I might be interested in helping with the translation. Where can we find 
> the text that needs to translated?
>
> mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
> -- 
> pilno zo le xu .i lo dei bangu cu se cmene zo lojbo .e nai zo lejbo
>
> doị mèlbi mlenì'u
>     .i do càtlu ki'u
> ma fe la xàmpre ŭu
>     .i do tìnsa càrmi
> gi'e sìrji se tàrmi
>     .i taị bo pu cìtka lo gràna ku
>
>
> .

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