From jay.kominek@colorado.edu Fri Jun 01 11:26:02 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 1 Jun 2001 18:26:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 50110 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2001 18:25:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 1 Jun 2001 18:25:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ucsub.colorado.edu) (128.138.129.12) by mta1 with SMTP; 1 Jun 2001 18:25:58 -0000 Received: from ucsub.colorado.edu (kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu [128.138.129.12]) by ucsub.colorado.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2/ITS-5.0/student) with ESMTP id f51IPvN13456 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:25:57 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:25:57 -0600 (MDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Books In-Reply-To: <20010601111131.T6797@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Jay Kominek On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > >I've read all the lesson guides on the internet, but they don't say > > >how to translate a lot of things. > > > > That's because the language is still so young that we have to work out > > how to translate most things from scratch. > > And then argue about it for a week. 8) Another project that would be interesting, CVSable, and have a lower bar to entry would be a little booklet (meant to be printed 4"x5" or so), that would be a "How Do I Say... ?" for travellers to Lojbanistan. It would also then become something of a FAQ for questions of "How Do I Say... ?" on the list. Hopefully translating everyday things like, "Where is the bathroom?" wouldn't require a lot of arguing, as I think if I had to watch an argument about translating "Where is the bathroom?" I'd die laughing. ;) When I was studying Japanese, I remember seeing a series of books (Power Japanese?) that were sort of in that format, except they were on specific topics and include, in addition to phrases, entire conversations. (The dictionary web page (jbovlaste) is still about where I last left off. I decided I'd like to be able to eat, so I got a job which is sucking up what passed for my free time before.) - Jay Kominek Waiting Is.