Re: Concerning trolls - a translation excercise

On Saturday 21 February 2009 01:41, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> Recent events have inspired the following, which we might all like to
> have a go at translating into our own languages.
<snip>
> Let him be pitied, who thinks there is only one way to make a language.
>
Yhe Vala Lakha
aiyhe faiavalati kareiase ya an yikhai faiataish vala       weshu wera vhekhai
let be for a speaker pity  [who] thinks to make language only one  guidance

Li' anyerra-tarah
Lu asanai a aien li',  iam u te inisi a li'  iam 'aiya anyerra    li' 'aiya
tref li' han
Let us  pity      him  because he thinks to make language the making way the
one

Nu Khara-'Ansha
I'syen rai vresna nyoro toie'en rai toie    inare nu aves-sedaya nu toie.
Let it that pity     we     for one that one  think the one language-making
the one [and only]

For what it's worth ... ;)

Wesley Parish
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Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish
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Gaul is quartered into three halves.  Things which are
impossible are equal to each other.  Guerrilla
warfare means up to their monkey tricks.
Extracts from "Schoolboy Howlers" - the collective wisdom
of the foolish.
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Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui?
You ask, what is the most important thing?
Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.