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Hangkerim proverbs, translation exercise.

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Saturday, April 3, 1999, 14:49
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 reli=
gion
besides the Book of Miths (R=FAk=E1h=EBp=FBng) and the Book of Rites
(L=E1mz=EFh=EBp=FBng).

Standard uppercase romanisation
    LU_HI/ZU\LAN_KU^RE~ PU_HI/ZU\LAN_YI~ME^RE~
    LU_HI/ZU\LAN_KU^RE~ PU_HE/VU\LA_YI~ME^YI_HI/ZU\

Orthographic lowercase romanisation
    Luh=EDz=F9langk=FBr=EB puh=EDz=F9langy=EFm=EAr=EB
    Luh=EDz=F9langk=FBr=EB puh=E9v=F9lay=EFm=EAyih=EDz=F9

could be translated like:
It were that one is a leading/guiding/serving person, it is that one is
a happy person.
It were that one is a leading/guiding/serving person, it is that others
are happy because of one.

h=EDz=F9 =3D first person class: one
h=E9v=F9 =3D second person class: others
k=FBr=EB =3D a person who is leader, guide and server
y=EFm=EA =3D happiness
y=EFm=EAr=EB =3D happy person
lu...lang... =3D subjunctive
pu...lang... =3D indicative
pu...la...yi... =3D indicative

The concept of happiness (YI~ME^) includes internal peace and being one
with the universe, a more freely translation would be:

    Being a leader will make you and the people around you happy.

The other proverb is not in any of the sacred books, but is also
commonly heard:

VE_CU^RE~RAN_KU^RE~
Vec=FBr=EBrangk=FBr=EB

    There is not that a comanding person is a leading person

ve...rang: negative indicative
c=FB: to command, to give orders
c=FBr=EB: a person who commands, who gives orders
k=FBr=EB =3D a person who is leader, guide and server

free translation:
    Commanding doesn't make you a leader.

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