Re: Die, Artlanger Scum

Quoting Camilla Drefvenborg <elmindreda@...>:

> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:41:44 -0400 Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
> > writes:
> >> It has become a translation excercize.  Nothing escapes the fate.
> >>
> >> Die, artlanger scum!
Hm, this is a little tricky to do in Tairezazh. "Artlanger" could be
_laistslaiel_ "language creator" (_zlai-_ refering to "create" in
the 'artistic' sense - wouldn't be used for the Creator, f'rinstance), and
for "scum" we could have, say, _tshófen_ "fools, dumbasses". Perhaps not as
nasty but will do. But what about "die!"? Using a raw infinitive would be
tantamount to politely asking someone to die, to use a future would make it an
order. Perhaps better rephrase; _Shan zdair gez, tshófen laistsladh!_ "You
should die, artlanging fools!".

But there's something appealing about _Zdairar, laistslaieltshófen!_ "Please
die, artlanger fools!".

                                                         Andreas