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Re: [lojban] Translation

"Don’t be a flycatcher whether or not a nightingale, if you’re a dog." would also work, however.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:17 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:10 AM, Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
Given that ro lo ctesa'afe'i cu cipnrmuskikapida

one might translate it as "Don’t be a nightingale whether or not a flycatcher, if you’re a dog. "

I don't think so, for these reasons:
1) The author of the original probably doesn't know about the I'd assume fairly recent taxonomical change to the Nightingale- after all, jbovlaste lists Nightingale as a keyword for {turdida}. (Which should probably be fixed, now that I think of it.)

2) The meaning of the English could be equivalently said "If you're a dog, do not try to be a nightingale, and do not try to be a flycatcher."

3) Not all flycatchers are nightingales.

I would say it would more correctly be "Don’t be a nightingale or other kind of flycatcher, if you’re a dog."

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(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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