Re: Translating from a conlang into a conlang

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> Not at all - these mistakes are common in the best circles. Irina tells
> me about someone who translated _da mihi hic in disco caput Ioannis
> Baptistae_ into 'give me the head of John Baptist in slices', instead of
> 'on a salver'. Dictionaries are treacherous, as Kernu friend will
> readily admit.
I once gaffed one of Cicero's letters, rendering "dining room over the
river" as "couch [floating] down the river" (I've forgotten the
original after 25 years: Ray?).

Also, in the reverse direction (Caesar?), "multo equo" (with much horse)
instead of "multis equis" (with many horses).  My Latin teacher
made embarrassing public remarks over that one!

ObConlang: Classical Latin is essentially an artificial language devised
to make the vulgar Roman aristocracy sound intelligent.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)