Re: Getting started with a newborn lang

At 10:47 PM 2/27/02 -0800, Jesse Bangs wrote:
>The traditional first text for translation is the Babel Text.  I don't
>have the references handy, but googling for "babel text" should turn up
>the original and several conlang translations.
    This would be Genesis 11:1-9.
    Personally I also like the Preamble to the United States Constitution;
and I'm thinking of doing something with the Gettysberg Address, and maybe
a little Shakespeare.

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