tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 06 12:59:04 1997

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Re: Translation, please comment



>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 07:14:39 -0800
>From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
>
>>     I am translating the inscription above the gates of Hell from Dante's
>>Inferno.  Never mind why.
>
>ram meq.  "Italy" Hol lI'be'law'mo' vInge'ta'.

"lI'be'law'mo' "Italy" Hol vInge'ta'" Daja' DaneH'a'?

>>abandon all hope, ye that enter.
>>naDev bI'elDI', bItul 'e' yImevqu'.
>
>Pretty good.

Though "ye" is plural; maybe it should be "Su'elDI', Sutul 'e' yImevqu'".
Doesn't truly matter.

~mark


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