Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:49:30 10/02/00
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On October 02, 2000 at 15:10:42, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>On October 02, 2000 at 13:35:52, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On October 02, 2000 at 12:28:48, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On October 02, 2000 at 11:38:23, John Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> z z z z z z zz zz z
>>>>
>>>>* yawns *
>>>
>>>I understood nothing.
>>>I guess that it is because of the fact that I did not learn the z language.
>>>
>>>Can somebody translate it?
>>
>>
>>No problem. This is z language translated to the very popular g language:
>>
>> g g g g g g gg gg g
>>
>> * gawnz *
>>
>>(this is a free translation, I had to adapt things a little bit to stay close to
>>the original idea)
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>As a longtime native practitioner of the z language I feel it is my duty to
>uphold the linguistic integrity of the language, so I must take issue with your
>crude translation from the z language to the g language. As is well known, there
>are many nuances of the z language that simply cannot be properly expressed in
>the g language, so I feel your translation is quite misleading and lacking the
>expressive elegance and subtleties of the original. But please do not blame
>yourself! The g language is quite gutteral in comparsion and so you had set for
>yourself a truly impossible task. A valiant effort, but I believe, a misguided
>one.
You are right. A better attempt would have been to translate it into the s
language, but as you know very few people understand it.
Christophe
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