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Re: }} DIGEST V1 #60

• From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: }} DIGEST V1 #60
• Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 20:53:29 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, Matt 'I am man, hear me watch Seinfeld' Treyvaud wrote:

> Here's a problem: how do you translate 'Nothing vanishes without a 
> trace'? At first I thought 'Nothing which vanishes cannot be tracked 
> down', but this requires both type 5 verb suffixes (-laH and -lu', if 
> memory serves) and is thus naughty. There doesn't seem to be a 
> word for 'trace', as in a noun... so, any suggestions?

If you needed a word for "trace", perhaps you could say {ratlhwI'Hom} 
(small remnant).

But perhaps a simple way you could say it is: {ngab rIntaH pagh.} (Nothing 
completely vanishes.)

yoDtargh

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