Re: RELAY INSTRUCTIONS!!! was Re: new relay

At 06:56 PM 5/31/01 , you wrote:
>On Thu, 31 May 2001, Tom Tadfor Little wrote:
>
> >In this spirit, would it be acceptable to simply direct the translator to
> >the grammatical and lexical information on the language (at a web site,
> >say), assuming that there were no undocumented forms or usages in the text?
>
>Certainly there is no rule against including a pointer to an online
>grammar. I would encourage those as have them to do so. Not all of us
>have net access on demand, though, so the pertinent grammar sketch /
>interlinear information should be included even if you point to a
>grammar. Alternatively, those of us who have grammars that exist as a
>wordprocessor file (Word Perfect, etc.) can offer that file as an
>attachment, if the translator wants more information.
Hi Padraic. I understood that pointing to a web site was an encouraged
*addition* to the interlinear and lexicon given with the text, but was
wondering about it as the sole source of information (assuming the
recipient has said it is OK--no access problems). There's obviously a
certain challenge in zeroing in on an unknown form armed only with a
grammar and lexicon. For example, the first word of the previous sentence
("There's") would be harder for someone who had never seen English before
if no interlinear were provided. Even after finding "there" in the lexicon,
one would have to verify that "there's" was some legitimate form of "there"
and track down just what it was. I can see this being either fun or just
too much work, depending on the translator, the language, and the text.

It's not that important of a question; it's clear to me that an interlinear
and text-specific word list are expected. I guess I'm just curious to know
where the limits of the acceptable are.



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Tom Tadfor Little               tom@telp.com
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Telperion Productions           www.telp.com
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