Re: [lojban] Translating "as"

[vitci'i <celestialcognition@gmail.com>]

On 11/05/2012 01:05 PM, selpa'i wrote:
> This construction has come up a lot more recently, and I am drawing a blank 
> how to translate it. It might not be translatable at all, but maybe someone 
> has a good solution. Here are some examples using this particular usage of 
> "as":

Probably these will be rendered differently. vlasisku is down atm, but...

> (1) I respect you as a friend.

Not sure how to interpret this exactly. I respect you because you are a
high-quality friend?

> (2) I study my dreams as symbolic imagery.

I study my dreams using the assumption that my dreams are symbolic imagery.

> (3) We kept this day as a holiday.

We caused this day to continue (not cease) to be a holiday.

> (4) She appeared to them as a fairy this time.

On this occasion, she appeared to them in the shape/semblance of a
fairy. {simlu lo du'u crida}?

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