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Re: TRANS: Without Words, Without Silence

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Sunday, February 6, 2000, 7:21
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, FFlores wrote:

> Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> wrote: > > > >One thing that I failed to mention is that I took some liberties with the > >text, most notably changing the name "Fuketsu" into "teacher." > > > My dictionary says _fuketsu_ means 'filthiness, uncleanness'. > Is that the only meaning? Is that the reason you changed it?
I didn't know what fuketsu meant. I changed it to make the selection somewhat more palatable for translation.
> Plus, what does _Cate_ mean? (Or better, why does it 'mean' > China?).
I took it from "Cathay."