vi ma le crino lanme ("Where is the Green Sheep?" translated into lojban)
posted on: Monday, 2 July 2012 @ 11:36pm in“Where is the Green Sheep” is a picture book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. It’s been a favourite for all three kids and it’s pretty easy (repetitive sentences with one-two word variations). In the interests of LOTE
I decided to translate it into lojban for them.
Unfortunately, I completely destroyed the lyrical rhyming thing while doing so.
Happily it seemed like a mostly straightforward task (which means I’m slowly getting better or conversely I fubared it and don’t realise it yet). I can’t find a word for “clown” and I don’t think {sakli} is the right thing to use when describing playground equipment.
And of course the Lojbanic Translator
is being excruciatingly slow/non-responsive so I can’t check my work. Will just have to get the people that are actually fluent to shoot this thing down in flames help me out :) Here goes.
.i ti le blanu lanme .ije ti le xunre lanme .i ti le jinru lanme .ije ti le ckana lanme
.i ku’i vi ma le crino lanme
.i ti le cinla lanme .ije ti le ganre lanme .i ti le muvdandu lanme .ije ti le sakli lanme
.i ku’i vi ma crino lanme
.i ti le galtu lanme .ije ti le dizlo lanme .i ti le zgigri lanme .i ti le {clown} lanme
.i ku’i vi ma le crino lanme
.i ti le solri lanme .ije ti le carvi lanme .i ti le karce lanme .ije ti le trene lanme
.i ku’i vi ma le crino lanme
.i ti le brife lanme .ije ti le boxna lanme .i ti le terpa lanme .ije ti le virnu lanme
.i ku’i vi ma le crino lanme
.i ti le jibni lanme .ije ti le darno lanme .i ti le lunra lanme .ije ti le tarci lanme
.i ku’i vi ma le crino lanme
.i vi ba’e ma le crino lanme
.i smaji papri bo carna .i mi’o cu cmalu catlu
.i ti le crino lanme cu mutce sipna
[edit during hugo migration to add the improved version from John Schock in the comments]
- Removed unneeded “le”
- Not sure if the “i je” also needs a “bo"as in “i je bo” or “ijebo”. I think it’s finewith just “i je”.
- Fixed typo “ganre” to “ganra”
- Used “dadysli” instead of “muvdandu"it’s more rythmical and descriptive
- I used “zdipre” for {clown}
- Rearraged “.i smaji papri bo carna"to say “.i smaji carna bo papri"“silently rotating pages” rather than"silent pages rotating”
- Not sure what “.i mi’o cu cmalu catlu"is supposed to mean… also “cu” is notneeded there.
- “.i ti crino lanme cu mutce sipna"should be:".i ti crino lanme bo mutce sipna”
.i ti blanu lanme .ije ti xunre lanme .i ti jinru lanme .ije ti ckana lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i ti cinla lanme .ije ti ganra lanme .i ti dadysli lanme .ije ti sakli lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i ti galtu lanme .ije ti dizlo lanme .i ti zgigri lanme .i ti zdipre lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i ti solri lanme .ije ti carvi lanme .i ti karce lanme .ije ti trene lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i ti brife lanme .ije ti boxna lanme .i ti terpa lanme .ije ti virnu lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i ti jibni lanme .ije ti darno lanme .i ti lunra lanme .ije ti tarci lanme .i ku’i vi ma crino lanme .i vi ba’e ma crino lanme .i smaji carna bo papri .i mi’o cu cmalu catlu .i ti crino lanme bo mutce sipna
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