Re: Hangkerim proverbs, translation exercise.

Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...> wrote:
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> After being asked about my signature with Hangkerim proverbs, I would
> propose as a translation exercise.  This is part of the Book of Life
> (R=FAm=EEh=EBp=FBng), one of the three sacred books of the Hangkerim re=
ligion
> besides the Book of Miths (R=FAk=E1h=EBp=FBng) and the Book of Rites
> (L=E1mz=EFh=EBp=FBng).
> The concept of happiness (YI~ME^) includes internal peace and being one
> with the universe, a more freely translation would be:
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>     Being a leader will make you and the people around you happy.
This is difficult because of the connotations of the words.
But I'll try. The closest thing to a leader-guide-server in
the Dr=E1selhadh culture (at least among the D=EDndimbal Thalmorth,
the followers of Olden=EEl) would be a "bishop", a word which I
don't like but fits in the meaning:

 Qesten giad f=FCngentsam, rin thanen
 enaraik anth giadn mi nafik giad b=FCrthn.


Qesten giad f=FCngentsam, rin  thanen
be.INF you  bishop      with happiness

enaraik       anth giadn   mi  nafik  giad b=FCrthn
CAUS.be.3pFUT this you.ACC and around you  they.ACC

Lit. "Being a bishop, this will make you and those around
you to stay happy".

Actually _f=FCngentsam_ is etimologically "heir", "one who gets
a thing passed on to him/her". This includes power and=20
responsibility.

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> The other proverb is not in any of the sacred books, but is also
> commonly heard:
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> VE_CU^RE~RAN_KU^RE~
> Vec=FBr=EBrangk=FBr=EB
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> free translation:
>     Commanding doesn't make you a leader.
This has to use a different word:

 Farq=E4'r gi k=FC'rpolvan enqgron.


Farq=E4'r   gi k=FC'rpolvan  enqgron.
NEG.be.2s by command.INF ruler
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"You are not a ruler by giving orders."

Word order here is important. If I had said
_Gi k=FC'rpolvan farq=E4'r enqgron_ that would mean
"you are not a ruler because you give orders."


--Pablo Flores

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