[tlhIngan Hol] The blind hermit

[Lieven]

I wrote:
>> He has written a short poem which, according to him, makes the
>> structure of semantic elements easily visible and therefore seems to
>> be good to compare languages.

Am 16.03.2017 um 19:14 schrieb SuStel:
> I find this claim either dubious or misstated. Semantics are different
> in different languages; why would English semantics presented in a
> certain way lead to useful semantic comparisons in other languages?

I agree that it's confusing, that's why I said "according to him". I 
also do not see how these sentences can easily be compared, and we know 
from the Bing project that computers certainly cannot identify semantics 
easily.

> I tried to stick as closely to the English words and structure as
> possible, even if there is a better way to say this in Klingon. I kept
> personified things as non-speaking things.

That went very quick! Can I forward it to him right away, or would you 
wish to wait until the community has given its suggestions?



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Lieven L. Litaer
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