Re: new relay
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 30, 2001, 20:14 |
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:05:30PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
[snip]
> I think that all of these ideas, including the Tolkien one, are
> inappropriate for a conlang relay. We need an original text
> written in the conlang. Translating it from English (or any
> natlang) will introduce a subtle bias, and translating it from
> a published source will make it possible for people who know the
> source to use it as a (conscious or unconscious) crib. Both of
> these effects are undesirable.
I tend to agree. Original, native texts are probably the best for
something like this.
> I urge someone to write a paragraph of original prose for
> the Fourth Relay.
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How long should it be? I can try to write something up; but my conlang's
lexicon is still quite small, so it may not be long enough to be
interesting. OTOH, I'm currently working on a very simple (primitive)
poetic narrative, which will probably turn out to be 2-3 four-line verses.
Would that be sufficient?
T
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All men are mortal. Socrates is mortal. Therefore all men are Socrates.
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