Marked Word Order [Was: Test sentences]

On http://www.fiziwig.com/gsfa_1.txt, sentence #20 says:
> Up jumped the smallest boy.
The unmarked word order for English would be, of course, "The smallest
boy jumped up." What is your take on preserving a marked word order
when translating into another language?

I only took enough introductory linguistics courses in college to
quality for a minor, so we didn't cover any thorough treatment of
market word order except to point out that it exists.


Thanks,
AA

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