Re: A new translation exercise (was: lexicons)
| From: | John Fisher <john@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 31, 1999, 22:48 |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.990331084849.25872A-100000@...>,
Irina Rempt <ira@...> writes
>Here's a translation exercise of my own: the first paragraph of the
>story about Grandpa and the Dragon (to be found in whole on my web
>page in Valdyan and English), that I originally wrote in Valdyan (no
>translation from the Dutch).
I'm really impressed. No way could I do that in my lamguage (Elet
Anta)!
> When my great-great-grandfather was a young man, he travelled
> out into the world. First he went west; there was only sand
> there. Then he went north; there was only snow there. Then he
> went east; there the mountains were too high and
> great-great-grandfather couldn't climb them. At last he decided
> to travel south, on foot, on horseback, by cart and by boat. In
> the south he saw the largest city in all the world.
Cwand inye caro-lorye pani lisnien, en ow urfaw evarn loalpew.
Lacorgaw pavane; lof oan lui shyarchesh. Yafgaw hishese; lof oan
lui surf. Yafgaw urlayse; lof corasht crof padan, tali caro-
lorye pani uroptew mendel grant. Lacafgaw colect ya, mivarew
evarn pelecwa, brathwa, finiastwa, coriocwa. Mivar celtis sofe
arnye combada anot loarciy.
Cwand inye caro-lorye pani lisnien,
when speaker-ATR three-grand-ATR father be.young-person
en ow urfaw evarn loalpew.
person ANTECEDENT+ADV far-ADV travel world-be.through+TO-ADV
Lacorgaw pavane; lof oan lui shyarchesh.
all-be.before-ADV north-TO there there.is only sand
Yafgaw hishese; lof oan lui surf. Yafgaw
EMB-be.after-ADV north-TO there there.is only snow EMB-be.after-ADV
urlayse; lof corasht crof padan, tali caro-lorye pani
east-TO there mountain too be.tall and three-grand-ATR father
uroptew mendel grant. Lacafgaw colect ya,
thing+be.on.top+TO-ADV can't climb all-be.after-ADV decide EMB+ACC
mivarew evarn pelecwa, brathwa, finiastwa, coriocwa.
south-TO-ADV travel foot-ADV horse-ADV carriage-ADV boat-ADV
Mivar celtis sofe arnye combada anot loarciy.
south see most big-ATR city-ACC whole world-select.from-ATR
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John Fisher john@drummond.demon.co.uk johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
Drummond ro cleshfan merec; fanye litoc, inye litoc