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Re: Translation: Trolls and their Management

From:Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Monday, January 19, 2004, 22:21
From: "Morgan Palaeo Associates" <morganpalaeo@...>
Subject: Translation: Trolls and their Management


> Recent events over in afp involving a Usenet troll have prompted > someone to ask for translations of "Do not feed the troll" in various > languages. I offered to ask people here for Conlang translations.
In Malghas: [malG'as] Nimalghemir alzhrolan. [nimalGem'ir alZrol'an]
> An explanation of the word you choose for 'troll' (if not a literal > translation) and why would probably be appropriate. As are whatever > notes you deem necessary.
The speakers of Malghas don't have a word for "troll", so I decided that this should be an ancient loan-word from English, going through the native sound changes leading to Malghas. Eng. _troll_ > tshraul (where "au" = [O]) > shraul > zhrol