tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 09 17:49:27 1996
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Re: KLBC: vInIDqa' (Re: KLBC: HIboQqa')
- From: "Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: vInIDqa' (Re: KLBC: HIboQqa')
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 17:49:27 -0800
ghItlh janSIy:
> We keep complaining when learners try to translate word for word, and
> now we complain when a translation doesn't match the original exactly.
> The modern American Christian understanding of a preacher is a teacher.
Well, not being a Christian (though I like to think of myself as a modern
American!) I cannot speak either for or against this statement. However, as a
non-Christian I can say there is *nothing* in the conotative meaning of
"preacher" that signals "teacher" in my mind, far from it. Go figure.
Lawrence
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