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Re: Translation, please comment






> > ghItlh taDI'oS
> >  
> > > la somma Sapienza e il primo Amore.
> > > Wisdom Supreme, and Primal Love.
> > > valqu'ghach, parmaq wa'DIch je.
> > 
> > To me, primal implies "primitive" rather than "first."  I would
suggest:
>      I had that thought myself, but I was going off the 'primo'.  Is this
> not an ordinal number in Italian?

You are probably right.  My Italian is not great.
> > 
> > 	valqu'ghach'a', parmaq lutlh je
>      I don't think that 'primitive' is the thing here.  It would seem
> rather to refer to God being the source of Love - the Primal Love.

If you put it that way, what you say makes sense.  Love from God would not
be thought of as primitive.

SuSvaj  





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