[tlhIngan Hol] mughmeH laH vs mughlaHghach

[Ed Bailey]

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 4:01 PM, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> On 5/15/2018 3:57 PM, Ed Bailey wrote:
>
> *mughlaHghach* seems to me to be ambiguously synonymous with both *mughmeH
> laH* and *mughlu'meH laH*. Without context, I'd expect these two phrases
> to mean respectively "ability to translate" and "ability to be translated."
>
> *mughlu'meH laH* means *ability in order for someone indefinite to
> translate,* not *ability to be translated.*
>
My point was not whether passive voice was suitable for translating this
term, which I'd say it is in this case, but how the term would be
applied. *mughlu'meH
laH* clearly does not apply to the translator. Therefore, I would expect it
to be used in talking about a text.

~mIp'av
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