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Re: [romconlang] Ecclesiastes 1:6 in Uchunata



 --- Isaac Penzev skrzypszy:

> Hello. If this quotation becomes a translation exercise, maybe you
> want to do it from the original, not from a loose NIV English
> translation? I can provide the original text with the interlinear.

Yes, please!

> PS: I'm not yet ready for translating it into Adjamiya for two
> reasons:
> 1) it does not fit culturally, Ajamis are mostly Muslims;
> 2) the language project is undergoing strong revision.

While the second reason is perfectly valid in my opinion, the first one is not;
if even the Ajamis are mostly Muslims, a few of them must be interested in
learning about Christianity.

Jan

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