Re: translation exercise

--- Amanda Babcock <langs@...> wrote:
> Translation exercise:
>
> In your language, express a native speaker's opinion
> of the appropriateness
> of the cat (or other domestic animal) peeing (or
> other disgusting action)
> on the bed (or other inappropriate place).
' Ozes-ty aur a va Vaistres "Que's Dack e Phrovoer";
que's drext e phroveor es nê trambuckar _pepil_ di
chathes meyanz neo alteor chanaves pissanz ar publick!
'Na marcca yowenck cuomo la Ty defs
saver meyoer! Iesu Duls, cant bodoer me yowenck, nonck
jijanason nus poz y nustoer chanavethes esmerzant are
leck. Ce's que deckem me. '

Not _precisely_ the answer you were looking for, I'm
sure! Consider it the opinion of an older woman
native speaker:

"Now you listen here, Miss "What Is Proper"; what is
proper ain't gobbin on about pissin cats nor any other
whizzin pets in public! A young lady such as thyself
ought to know better! Why, when I were a lass, we
never
jabbered on about our kitties crappin all over the
bed.
That's all I'm saying."

> Most natural languages would have more than one,
> structurally different,
> way of expressing opinions of an action's
> appropriateness.  I suspect many
> conlangs would either only have one way, or borrow
> the same structures
> used in the speaker's L1 or L2.  It would be
> interesting to see if we can
> get a diversity of structures here...
Hm. A more average opinion might be: "Si meys ce cats
are leck denew, doponuram-als ce chatte doy meus
solyes; e ne crezas ke nem fam!"

Literally, "If pisses that cat til the bed again, I'll
put that cat to me boot soles, and don't think I
won't!"

Stricly speaking, the answer is "Ne's provoer dol
chatte il meyar are leck."

Or, "It is not proper to the cat the pissing over the
bed."

> Amanda
Padraic.


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        -Pomperios Perfurios.

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