Saturday, October 12, 2013

Palindrome

A palindrome (FATMI'U LERPOI) in the Quran: "They all float, each in an orbit" (Yasin 36.40). Pickthall: It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.

In Esperanto: Ne konvenas al la suno atingi la lunon, nek al nokto antawri al la tago. Cxiu el ili ambaw sxvebas en sia orbito.

In Lojban: (CIXAKI'OVONOMO'O) KA'ENAI KAVBU FA LE SOLRI LE LUNRA
      .IJE LE NICTE LE DONRI KA'ENAI LIDNE
      .I LE RE FULTA CU MUVDU CO DJINYTARMI

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

mercy


Translating. Looking at: "In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, the Merciful." Obviously starts with CAHI 'by the authority of'; & XAMGAU matches 'Beneficient'. (Question: should i append the honorific?) But there is no word in Lojban for 'Mercy'. I thought of & rejected something like 'law-beyond'... The best i can do is 'opposite-of-revenging' TOLVENFYKAI or TOLVEFKAI, with VENFU.

On second thought, this is exactly what i need.