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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] The Dhammapada: A Klingon Translation, verses 1-2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Wed Dec 21 13:18:45 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:18:36 -0600
In-Reply-To: <E232338D-6511-47CE-B096-FA46F7BDD7B9@evertype.com>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
Voragh:
>> Instead of trying for a hyper-correct, overly-long translation
>> of *Buddha*, you could go another way and just use his name:
>> *{ghotam}, *{gho'tam}, *{ghawtam}, etc.
Michael Everson:
> That's a personal name; Buddha is a title.
wa' DoS wIqIp. My point exactly.
Simply use his name for the book's title - e.g. {ghawtam ghobmey paq} "Gautama's Book of Virtues/Ethics" - and leave the detailed etymological discussion of *buddha*, *dhammapada*, etc. for the introduction or first footnote.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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