Re: A translation exercise

The Gray Wizard <dbell@...> wrote:
>
> I recently picked up an old German Reader (circa 1933) which included some
> Aesop-like tales that I thought might make interesting translation
> exercises.
[snip]

Here it is, in Draseléq. No interlinear yet, since I'm lazy today
(but I will eventually put this up in my website with all the bells
and whistles). I'll only make some side notes:

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Naof mi rrogon                           No articles, as you may notice.

Rin gran na nolt rrogon sänq naof
tel baq, "A san käs, rin gran pò         'Hungry' is _rin gran_ 'with
ars, brun na farmadaldvian sar.          hunger'. Many sensations and
Giad rroner tägner tadh. Qaik i          feelings are nouns.
gian imalain léldoter? Qaik gader?
Qaik imaler?"

"Qet san énqgrones púntakon", athmaq     These constructions like 'so
rrogon. "Puntak san enqgronn, san        much X that...' and 'as much
énqgrones olmür pavelel. Per fa, i       X as...' are terribly difficult
imalain pò dreft bünd i bürr qged        in Draseléq!
san enqgron sarn."

Tel baq naof, "Tàpongnil gaden.          'Poorly' = 'scarcely' (_pongnil_).
Mèbnot luamnot drasin nambath            <-not> means 'time'; it's beginning
drasin mä`nth trest, fa tel              to be used as a temporal locative
imaltien san kìrrag san teuth i          ending.
freth lelet. Fan famp fambrun
farmadgaden. Lif gran thrósosek          <thros-> 'die' reduplicates <-os->
san kìrrag san teuth. Per fa,            for progressive action.
sas brun fa tenenqesat renthes
púntakon taus bün ólmathür
pavélalat."

Minik drasin nambath tegeq rrogon
mi naof na rrognes olm. Aqrim i
rrognes vep naiaq naof. Rin pektur       _Vep_ 'neck, all around' is not the
arsel baq, "Kis dhuar ar gian vep        same as _vul_ 'front neck, throat'.
naiat. Kis dhuar kerarek on rrógonthes   The plural of _vep_ 'neck' is _vef_.
vef?"

"Frararek", athmaq rrogon. "On           _Frar-ar-ek_ 'They are not' (all necks
rrógonthes fret. I fqen thonet, mebnot.  without hair). There's a word for 'no'
Mebnot sot fun san énqgrones olmür rin   but I'm thinking of eliminating it.
fqen ars. Stossam fqen taus qof stos.    <stos-sam-> '(to be) iron-made'.
Per fa, vebür kis dhuar ars. Luamür
nertl tadh. Luamnot trest drassanth
dreft büntth."

"A rrint lalet", baq naof rrogonn.
"Qanôn gran, tàqanôn fqen tadh.         <qanôn-> 'to press, to torture' (hunger)
I fqen farthonet, i fqen farthónadat.
Dhaimbal lif gran rin san kìrrag
san teuth be thros. Na énqgronür
drünil teg a giad. Rrin tágingün
tàrrín rin gran arsen, tàrrín
nertlün be rrin i fqen thonden.
Nedrer."                                _Nedrer_ < _ned-er-er_ (wind_blow.SBJ.2s)
                                        is a common greeting ('may your wind blow'?).

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--Pablo Flores
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