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Re: Translation Exercise (was The last enemy)

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Monday, October 27, 2008, 22:47
I think Charlie meant for us to translate the headlines at the bottom,
seeing as the "enemy" sentence was posted quite a while back.
Some of them were clearly passed under the noses of sleeping editors...

Eugene

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:59 PM, caeruleancentaur <
caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:

> > > Sanghyeon Seo wrote: > > > ...how does this translate in your conlang? > > > > > > The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. > > > > andrew <hobbit@...> wrote: > > The last enemy of Conlangers is an uncompleted translation and so > > we will fight this enemy forever. Nice to see a translation > > exercise thrown up. It's been a while. > > Sorry for the piggyback message, but, for some reason, I cannot > reply, only forward! > > I thought the following, presented as newspaper headlines, might be a > good exercise in "disambiguation." Some may simply be typos, but a > number are genuinely ambiguous, e.g., #38. If translated into other > natlangs, would any ambiguity remain or disappear? Have fun or just > a good laugh. > > 1) Include Your Children when Baking Cookies > 2) Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says > 3) Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers > 4) Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted > 5) Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case > 6) Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents > 7) Iraqi Head Seeks Arms > 8) Prostitutes Appeal to Pope > 9) Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over > 10) British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands > 11) Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms > 12) Eye Drops Off Shelf > 13) Teachers Strike Idle Kids > 14) Clinton Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead > 15) Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Ax > 16) Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told > 17) Miners Refuse to Work after Death > 18) Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant > 19) Stolen Painting Found by Tree > 20) Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Counter > 21) Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years > 22) Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One > 23) War Dims Hope for Peace > 24) If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While > 25) Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures > 26) Deer Kill 17,000 > 27) Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide > 28) Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges > 29) Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead > 30) Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge > 31) New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group > 32) Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft > 33) Kids Make Nutritious Snacks > 34) Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy > 35) Arson Suspect Held in Massachusetts Fire > 36) Ban On Soliciting Dead in Trotwood > 37) Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half > 38) New Vaccine May Contain Rabies > 39) Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors > > Charlie >

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