Henrik Theiling wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Alex Fink <a4pq1injbok_0@...> writes:
>> Well, I've made a modest start on a list of example sentences, which can be
>> found at
http://members.shaw.ca/a00/conlang/bl.html .
>
>Ah, very nice! :-)
>
>What about trying another contrasting pair to show the trigger of the
>problem? E.g. have:
>
> 3a: 'The clowds floated over the sea.'
> 3b: 'The cow jumped over the moon.'
>> Henrik, I'd be glad to include a sentence with "admit", if you have one.
>
>It occurred in 'the Northwind and the Sun':
>
>'And so the North Wind had to admit that the Sun was stronger than he was.'
>or
>'And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger
of the two.'
I should have known... that must be the second most translated passage after
the Babel text. I think that was the first context in which I needed to use
'admit' as well.
>Hopefully that page will grow to contain translations in all possible
>languages. That would be a very nice source of compact information.
I hadn't actually thought of that. But if people feel inclined to translate
these sentences, I could surely put something together.
Alex