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Re: CHAT: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

From:M. Sherryandra Soderquist <tuozin@...>
Date:Saturday, April 15, 2000, 18:51
I don't think I would submit it to the UN, but I might do it in
ea-luna and then put it on my little-used xoom web page.


Sally Caves wrote:
> > Just read the guidelines. Somehow, :) I balk at sending the > Officer of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the > United Nations a translation in Teonaht, especially since they > require you also to name not only the language but the countries > in which it is "spoken." Are you required to say that it is an > imaginary language? > > How many of you conlangers are going to do this, really? > > Can you imagine? Dozens of unheard of languages pouring in > from the US, UK, the Netherlands, Argentina... it might be > rather wonderful. I don't know if I have the chutzpah. > How conlanging has changed since Tolkien's time! > > Sally > ********************************************************** > > John Cowan wrote: > > > > The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is soliciting translations > > of the Universal Declaration. About 285 languages are already > > available, including Latin and Esperanto. If you want to tackle > > the effort for YCL, the guidelines are at > > http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/miscinfo/submit.html . > > The current listing is at http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/navigate/alpha.htm . > > > > A challenge! > > > > -- > > > > Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@...> > > Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com > > Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan > > Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer) > > -- > ============================================================ > SALLY CAVES > scaves@frontiernet.net > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves (bragpage) > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html (T. homepage) > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/contents.html (all else) > ===================================================================== > Niffodyr tweluenrem lis teuim an. > "The gods have retractible claws." > from _The Gospel of Bastet_ > ============================================================
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