tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 03 09:08:46 1995
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Re: KLBC: E pluribus unum
According to [email protected]:
>
> >wa' law'choH moj
>
> Look at the simple:
>
> law'choH wa' [Doch]
>
I CAN'T STAND IT.
wa' qum mojchoH qum law'.
THINK THE THOUGHT, THEN SPEAK IT. Just because the original
presumes that you know the subject and object and verb and so
only uses the helping words to tie them together doesn't mean
that you can carry this over to a language that doesn't HAVE
any helping words, where position replaces the function of
helping words. You have to go find the subject and object and
verb in order to convey the original thought. If you can't find
them, then you don't really understand the original, and if
THAT is true, then you are translating the wrong material.
Don't EVER translate something you don't understand.
charghwI'
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