Re: the next relay?

On Thursday 18 October 2001 09:16, Barry Garcia wrote:

> A relay is where someone takes a text, written in their conlang,
> and sends it to another person, who then (IIRC) figures out the
> translation of the text, and then translates it into his own
> conlang.
Some people skip figuring out the translation of the text and just
rewrite the thing in their conlang, but you're basically correct.

> Then he/she sends it to another person, and so on and so
> forth, down the line of people who are interested. When the relay
> is over, the different entries are put into one email (or web
> page), and you get to see how the phrase has changed as it went
> through different translations. It's interesting, and apparently
> fun
Yes, it's great fun. Earlier examples:

http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas/taal/hanleni_halsen

- The Starlings' Song, the thing that started it all.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/bastrelay2.html

- The Wisdom of Bast

http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap/onaila/relay/

- The Bliss of a Fairy

http://www.geocities.com/laopooh/Relay.html

- The 10th Anniversary Relay

Sally's summary of the rules is here:

http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/relayrule.html

   Irina

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