Re: Conlang T Shirt
From: | Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...> |
Date: | Friday, October 29, 1999, 11:03 |
From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:
>
> Dans un courrier dati du 29/10/99 09:45:37 , Christophe a icrit :
>
> > The French calque seems for me too ackward, so except if Mathias has a
> > better idea, I think Fabian should stick to my sentence "Mettez votre
> > langue ici".
> >
>
> i agree this is the best direct translation.
>
Thank you Mathias!
> (my favorite is "que ta langue soit avec nous",
> but i guess that's too far from the original)
>
I like it too, but as it is already the translation of a well-known
sentence in English ("May your language be with us" doesn't it remind
you of something? :) ), it cannot work, except if we make one day
another conlang T-shirt...
So everybody agrees? Okay, then the French sentence is:
"Mettez votre langue ici."
> mathias
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