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Re: Translation Relay Rules

From:Fabian <rhialto@...>
Date:Friday, September 24, 1999, 17:19
You missed me out of the loop.

Add me with all due haste if you please :)

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Fabian

----- Original Message -----
From: Sally Caves <scaves@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: 24 September 1999 21:10
Subject: Translation Relay Rules


> Okay, here's how it works, for those of you who are new (most of > you aren't): I send my original text with extensive linguistic > explanation (but not a translation) to the first person on the > list (or whoever decides to go first). That person, taking > no longer than forty-eight hours, maybe seventy-two, translates > my text into his or her conlang and sends it with extensive > linguistic explanation to the next person, and so forth and > so on. Just like a conlang "telephone," the meaning of the > text will change slightly with each translation, but I ask all > of you to be as faithful as you can to the text you receive > while still remaining faithful to your own language. > Everyone will see only the language and explication of the > previous conlanger. > > The last person on the list will send his or her conlang > translation back to ME, and I will translate it into Teonaht, > bringing the relay full circle. Then we all post publically > our conlang versions and a smooth English translation. And > eventually, if I have time, I'll put it on my website. It > will be the second Translation Relay Game of 1999, Irina's > Starling poem being the first. > > My text is a little longer than Irina's... eight instead of > four lines. If anyone thinks that's too long, let me know > and I'll try to shorten it. But I've worked hard to produce > something that has some substance but could stand to be rewritten. > We have to insist that no one who has committed to the Game > hold the relay up by taking longer than two or three days to > translate. To keep my exhortations and all other comments off > the list, I'll make a group list for relayers with an order and > and exchange of emails. > > Here's who has expressed an interest so far: > > Matt Pearson > John Roth > Steg Belsky > Boudewijn Rempt (new!) > Irina Rempt > Rob Nierse (new!) > Christopher Grandsire > Pablo Flores > Dirk Elzinga (I think new) > Dennis Paul Himes (new!) > Nicole (new, I think) > Adam Parrish > > I'd like to extend invitations to Doug Ball, our newcomer, to Herman > Miller again > (can we persuade you?), John Cowan for Lojban, and Jerry Koenig for > NGL. Now is > the time to respond to me privately if you want to be added or > subtracted. Unlike > the last game, I'm going to declare the Relay closed, so that no one can > get added > on belatedly. That just causes too much confusion. So speak up now! > I'll start > this on Monday once you have let me know that you're in or you're out. > I also > reserve the right to drop anybody from the game who holds it up at a > later time. > > Hope to hear from you soon! > > Sally