Re: [lojban] Translation

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Tuesday, February 04, 2014 01:49:51 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> The first three are relatively easy, although the species names can be
> difficult, especially depending on how to go about translating them (i.e.
> for "nightingale" do we translate the common name which means "Night
> Songstress" (which I'll loosely and quickly translate as {lo sanga be ti'u
> lo nicte ku fetsi}) or use the Linnaen, "*Luscinia megarhynchos"* ({lo
> cipni be la.lusinia,megarintcos.}?)
> 
> The fourth one requires knowing what you mean by "Underware". Wiktionary
> just says it's a common misspelling of "underwear", and I'm sure that's not
> what you mean.

I say "ctesa'acpi" for "nightingale" (not to be confused with "ctecmocpi" 
which is "nightjar") and "cipnrkuku" for "cuckoo", but haven't thought about 
the flycatcher, and don't know what "Underware" is supposed to mean. The "ch" 
in "megarhynchos" should be lojbanized as "x".

Pierre
-- 
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