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This guy made an attempt - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil Reading 'round trip' translations via Ithkuil is interesti
by shubb 12y ago
This guy made an attempt - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil
Reading 'round trip' translations via Ithkuil is interesting.
Our father in heaven
hallowed be your name
May the [metaphorical] environment which fosters/sustains your rule eventually [metaphorically] permeate us
As for your aspirations, may they be made real
on Earth, not just in heaven
please be one who enables us to eat and drink our critical sustenance
And forgive us in regard to our moral transgressions in the way we grant and receive forgiveness amongst each other
may we successfully avoid having desires [that are] against our better judgement)
and be one who enables us to successfully avoid ideas associated with the Devil).
Without poetry, things are more clearly weird.
- bcoates 12y agoThis really brings out the difficulty in intentionally conserving ambiguity: translating "temptation" and "evil" as "desires that are against our better judgement" and "ideas associated with the Devil" is engaging in some heavy editorializing over the original texts, which are terse and can credibly cover a wide range of meanings.