Re: Jesus translation exercise (was: Re: slowness...)

Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:

> Hmm, might make a good sentence to be translated into lots of different
> languages:
>
> "Ef íslenska var nógu góð fyrir Jesús, þá var hún sko nógu góð fyrir mig!"
> "Ef islenska var nogu god fyrir Jesus, tha var hun sko nogu god fyrir
mig!"

Not that any Norreyna speaker would *ever* say this, but:

Ef norreyna wa yenow goed fer Haelend, cwa's yenow goed fer mec!
(the letter "j" does not exist in Norreyna, and I don't like either "G'esus"
or "Yesus", I went for OE haelend "saviour".)

Dan

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Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo".

Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá
alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama
yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam
vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira."
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Dan Jones