Re: translation exercise
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 20, 1999, 21:51 |
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On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Fabian wrote:
> "Where are all the wonderful new art forms? So far I have heard mainly of
> cockroaches and signatures."
And the rest. I struggled through the first sentences, making up one
word in three (even "new", and I had to construct "so far" as
"any-yet" and "mainly" as "most often") and feeling like a
first-year grammar school student trying to take Latin finals. Too
abstract for me, or for Valdyan thinking; "art form" is a totally
alien concept.
Boudewijn's Den'naha was a lot easier - even if it wasn't in a
language I know (and I do know a bit of Denden).
Irina
Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastinay.
irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/frontpage.html (English)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)