Re: Translation Relay Rules

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