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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] qep'a' webpage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mayqel qunenoS)
Thu Jul 6 14:57:49 2017
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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 21:57:45 +0300
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lieven:
> Another example showing why one should avoid translating idioms literally.
hahaha ! believe it or not, this was EXACTLY my first thought, as soon as
this phrase was translated on this thread.
Translating idioms literally can severely confuse the reader.
qunnoq
On 6 Jul 2017 9:37 pm, "Lieven" <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
> ghel qunnoq:
> > > pa' SoHtaH pagh meyrI' SoHtaH!
> > "there you are or a square you are being" ?
>
> Am 05.07.2017 um 18:58 schrieb Elizabeth Faber:
>
>> "Be there or be square" is an idiomatic expression in American English,
>>
>
> Another example showing why one should avoid translating idioms literally.
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">lieven:<div dir=3D"auto">>=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">Another example showing why one should =
avoid translating idioms literally.</span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span sty=
le=3D"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></span></div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif">hahaha ! believe it or not=
, this was EXACTLY my first thought, as soon as this phrase was translated =
on this thread.</span><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.69=
6px"><br></span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-ser=
if"><br></span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-seri=
f">Translating idioms literally can severely confuse the reader.</span></di=
v><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif">qunnoq</span></di=
v></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 6 Jul =
2017 9:37 pm, "Lieven" <<a href=3D"mailto:levinius@gmx.de">lev=
inius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-le=
ft:1ex">ghel qunnoq:<br>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0> pa' SoHtaH pagh meyrI' SoHtaH!<br>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"there you are or a square you are being"=
?<br>
<br>
Am 05.07.2017 um 18:58 schrieb Elizabeth Faber:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
"Be there or be square" is an idiomatic expression in American En=
glish, <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Another example showing why one should avoid translating idioms literally.<=
br>
<br>
-- <br>
Lieven L. Litaer<br>
aka Quvar valer 'utlh<br>
Grammarian of the KLI<br>
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