Re: New source for McGuffey's Reader text online

Emaelivpeith Gary Shannon:
> Clearly they are not suitable for alien languages on
> planets where horses and chickens don't exist, but
> imaginative conlangers ought to be able to make
> adjustments and substitutions of alien life forms,
> habits and customs where necessary.
I've been scanning in the illustrations of the Primer
(work-in-progress link is
http://arthaey.mine.nu:8080/~arthaey/conlang/writing/mcguffey/ ),
complete with pictures of horses and cats and dogs. I have an alien
planet, but at least humans have also settled there, so I can say that
I'm translating one of their books. An Asha'ille reader targeted to
the Terran-speaking humans. :) My animal "translations" are actually
words for native species that are similiar in form or function, which
seemed the best compromise to me.


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AA