[tlhIngan Hol] don't pay the ferryman

[SuStel]

On 10/26/2020 12:13 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
>
> I guess it depends on your interpretation of the song, but I'm not 
> certain that it's necessary for the plot of the song to specify 
> that it is a ferry as opposed to any other kind of voyage that you are 
> paying for; the key, in my mind, is the idea of paying the person 
> responsible for your safe passage before said goal has been achieved, 
> for fear that they will not deliver on their part of the bargain.
>

I didn't say it was necessary for the plot of the song, just that it 
might be a better translation of /ferryman./ I wasn't making any 
corrections, just a couple of suggestions.


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SuStel
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