[91177] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] tlhIngan Monopoly vISuq rIntaH!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Dec 6 10:52:53 2011
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:52:30 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CABDLMbVj5ZEp2Z_hOtRvQZLPJVd5Ehb4=-iF4DRCJLs6dv3MQw@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 12/6/2011 10:10 AM, Andr=E9 M=FCller wrote:
> 2011/12/6 Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu <mailto:sboozer@uchicago.ed=
u>>
>
> Also {ngIp} "borrow" seems to be used in TalkNow! for "rent":
>
> nuqDaq puH Duj vIngIp (TNK)
>
> How is this line actually translated in TalkNow!
>
> The English line is "Where can I hire a car?". So the official canon
> English alternative translation is "to hire".
Ooh, yuck. That's not the "official canon English alternative =
translation" of {ngIp}. Let's not get so caught up in "official" that we =
lose sight of the big picture.
{nuqDaq puH Duj vIngIp} is how Okrand chose to translate "where can I =
hire a car?" It's not marked as being the only way to say it, or the =
most correct way to say it. It's just a way to express approximately the =
same idea. Translations like this may be canonical, but that doesn't =
make them official, exact, or exclusive.
-- =
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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