Re: Deciphering Conlangs

On 6/25/07, John Crowe <johnxcrowe@...> wrote:

> There appears to be no search feature on the archive, so... have there been
> or is there such a contest or puzzle where one tries to "decipher" conlangs
> (or any lang) given a translation in a known language? (like how Egyptian
> heiroglyphics were deciphered using Rosetta stone)
As far as I know, no one has done this before.  I'm sorry I didn't have time
to work on this one.

I had a similar idea a while ago, and have deliberately avoided saying
anything here about one of my conlangs because I eventually
intend to use it for a challenge like this.  My idea was to post a text
in the conlang, then a week later post a translation of the last text
into English,
with a new text in the conlang; repeat indefinitely until somebody
posts a translation of the last text before I do.  But the conlang I intend
to use for that isn't well enough developed yet for me to write those
extensive texts.  Eventually, I hope.

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Jim Henry
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