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‘Tukang Besi’ means Blacksmith in Malay language.
Pencil sketching on the spot took approximately two to two and a half hours. And inking done at a restaurant which took about one and a half hours while waiting for the films to be developed and scanned from the photolab.
See me in action.
Read about it further on my blog :
designerinpajamas.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/the-%e2%80%98t...
@ Pudu, Kuala Lumpur
Pencil : Tombow recycled pencil
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal fountain pen – extra fine nip
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Book : Moleskine Watercolour Notebook
Above shot is a Sarawak State Legislative Assembly or in Malay language 'Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN)'. This nine-storey high building is the venue for future Sarawak's new state legislative assembly sittings.The distinctive "payung" (umbrella) roof of the new DUN complex is an iconic landmark for Sarawak.
The architecture of the new complex combines unique elements of Sarawak's heritage with state-of-the-art intelligent building automation systems, multimedia communication facilities, and environmentally-friendly features. The new complex development covers and area measuring 172 acres near The Astana (Governor's Residence) on the banks of Sarawak River in Petra Jaya, Kuching. The new chamber can hold up to 108 members, each with their own office. It also has 142 seats for civil servants, 86 in the VIP gallery and 106 in the public gallery. Its architecture and design have meticulously taken into account the future needs of elected representatives.
The building is fully equipped with high-tech information and communication technology. This new DUN complex, perched on the promontory on the pristine bank of the Sarawak River and nestled between the Astana and Fort Margherita, has been described as one of the most beautiful buildings in Southeast Asia.
It is also a depiction of the state’s struggles and achievements over the years after gaining independence through the formation of Malaysia and as a multi-racial society. Reinforced by nine gigantic pillars and numerous arches, the building reflects the sovereignty of the people’s power as well as the support of all the races in the state.
The Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly) is the legislature of Malaysian states. There are 13 Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) in the country, corresponding with the 13 states in Malaysia. The DUN is composed of the head of states (Sultan, Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Raja, or Yang di-Pertuan Besar), a Speaker, and elected members of the DUN. Members of the DUN comprises single-member elected representatives from state electorates (State Assembly Districts) during state elections. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system. (For those elected in 2008, see State Seats Representatives, 12th Malaysian General Election.)
The DUNs have powers to enact state laws as allowed by the Constitution of Malaysia. The party forming the majority in the DUN will form the state government, and the leader of the majority party will become chief minister. After the March 2008 general election, the Barisan Nasional coalition were the majority party in eight states, while the opposition won five states. In February 2009, BN regained Perak after 3 Pakatan Rakyat assembly members defected.
The DUNs are unicameral, unlike the bicameral Parliament of Malaysia.
The complex is located near Sarawak River in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located next to The Astana, which is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak.
The building was officially opened by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on 27 July 2009.
-source wikipedia-
credit : Etika Shadura
Title:
Schools - Secondary - Auckland
Publicity Caption:
Language Laboratory at Auckland Grammar School.
Photographer:
G. Riethmaier (R24768339)
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R24768339
June 1970, Auckland
Reference: 24768339 AAQT 6539 W3537 104 / A93774
Collective 52 Photo Project "2016"
Week 25 - Sign Language
A photo from the archives,
'Ferme de Sainte-Colombe'
old sign on the wall of an abandoned farmhouse ...
Translating Genesis 11: 1-9 is a common translation exercise used by conlangers to “test drive” their conlangs. This is known as the “Babel Text” since it recounts the story of the Tower of Babel and the creation of the world’s numerous languages, an appropriate text for conlangers. The concept of using these verses for comparisons across conlangs was initiated by Jeffrey Henning, creator of the Langmaker web site (http://www.langmaker.com) and one of the pivotal figures in modern conlanging. For detailed information on any one translation, you are encouraged to take a look at the accompanying source web site. And now, for a sampling of Babel Texts...
9.B. Text:
For comparison, here is the Babel Text in English from the New International Version:
1.Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
2.As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
3.They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.
4.Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
5.But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.
6.The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7.Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
8.So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9.That is why it was called Babel -- because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
9.C. Text:
The Babel Text in Sen:esepera
In honor of Jeffrey Henning, we begin with one of his personal creations: his attempt at reforming Esperanto.
1.O tutan tera eseti codo unin lingifa, o codo unin parola.
2.O tina ocasi, caim:tempo hu foiagi delo orienta, demo hu terofi pelatan loca eno loca codo Sinara [Shinar]; o hu domi dem:loca.
3.O hu paroli unin alo omin:una, "Feni, imu posete cusi berica, o pele beruli hu." O hu hafi berica contero setona, o cota hafi hu contero unigi berica.
4.O hu paroli, "Feni, imu posete conseteri imu ureba, o tura, caim:unon supera ebele atingi alo paradisa; o imu posete cusi imu enoma, ro imu ebele pere:emeti foran supero:eno fisaga codo tutan tera."
5.O Dia feni im:supere o fidi ureba o tura, caimo dimin:homa codo homa conseteri.
6.O Dia paroli, "Fidi, homa eseti unin, o hu hafi tutan unin lingifa; o tino hu comenci o fari: o ene hu ebele inhibici delo an:obica, caimo hu ebele emagi o fari.
7.Feni, imu posete iri im:supere, o dem:loca sangi hun lingifa, demo hu im:ebele compereni unin omin:unan parola."
8.Dia posete pere:emeti hu foron pano fisaga codo tutan tera: o hu cesige conseteri ureba.
9.Hun enoma eseti Babela [Babel]; cuso Dia dem:loca sangi lingifa codo tutan tera: o delo dem:loca Dia pere:emeti hu foran supero:eno fisaga codo tutan tera.
Translated by Jeffrey Henning
(http://www.langmaker.com/babel/senesper.htm)
9.D. Text:
The Babel Text in Lojban
Lojban began development in 1987 by the Logical Language Group. Derived from the much older Loglan, it is specifically designed to be culturally neutral, logic-based, grammatically unambiguous, and easily learned. More information can be found at www.lojban.org.
1..i piro le munje cu se bangu pada gi'e selkau le ka tavla fo makau
2..i ca le nu litru fa'a le stuna kei lei remna cu penmi lo foldi la cinar .i co'a xabju fy
3..i ry simsku lu .e'u mi'o loi kitybli cu zbasu gi'e mo'u seltokygau li'u .i ry pilno loi kitybli pe seba'i loi rokci .i loi tarla peseba'i loi rokpu'o
4..i ry cusku lu .e'u mi'o zmadu lo tcadu .e lo galdi'u poi le cpana be ke'a cu lamji le tsani .ija'ebo mi'o misno gi'enai pulce fi le terdi sefta li'u
5..i ku'i le nolcei cu dzikla tezu'e le nu catlu le tcadu .e le galdi'u poi lei remna ke'a ca'o zmadu
6..i le nolcei cu cusku lu za'a lei remna noi se bangu pa da cu ba'oco'a zmadu ti .ija'o no selpla ba nalselka'e ry
7..i .ai mi dzikla gi'e fi'urgau le bangu ry ja'e le nu na simjmi li'u
8..i le nolcei fairgau ry piro le terdi .i ry de'a zmadu le tcadu
9..i ki'u la'e di'u ty se cmene zo babel .i ki'u le nu bu'u ty le nolcei pu fi'urgau le bangu be le munje .i fe'eco'a ty le nolcei fairgau ry le pirosi'e terdi sefta
(http://www.omniglot.com/babel/lojban.htm)
9.E. Text:
The Babel Text in Elasin
Elasin, created as the language of a fictional race of beings, was intended to give the flavor of a cross between Zulu and Finnish.
1.Huana! Yevopa (Yeneva votelor pali) fathieneth avute vesotham dofa li mabienen sotheram thoshi.
2.Uitukieneth vuanana maku'ii hadarova mi'iamem Shinaroth li panamiene parshoth ka.
3.Vasieneth. Ti Fana. Sathitudison mosuanoram li kathitudison pivani ti. Sathitiene avu mosuanorsa hau kivashersa le'i ratemsa hau molesa le'i.
4.Vasieneth. Ti Fana. Sathitudisoth maram hapamef ludanu'ii kalathem shasta sathitudisoth manalam ebas ko. Hau kanitudiso lafonesa le ti.
5.Palakieta somara uhanin panamesh. Fanieta shasta faruthuditu tashemun avu marami hapamemi ko.
6.Vasieta takaleba. Ti Shemath. Iene vuanana dofa li mabuaneth vesotham dofa. Uatu sathitu ka uamuineth nekuare shipa dofani. Faruthudito shado avunash aben.
7.Fana. Shibaludisoth nivesotham ko hau wevakudinen le ko ti.
8.Kanitietan somara uhanin li sathitievinen avu nimarami nihapamemi.
9.Mabietoth mar manalam Shibalu'in kashko shibalietan parshoth ka somara uhanin vesotharam uhanin ko.
Translated by Don Boozer
(http://www.geocities.com/donaldboozer/elasin_trans.html)
9.F.1. Image: zhyler_babel.jpg
9.F.2. Text:
The Babel Text in Zhyler
“Zhyler is an SOV language with fifty-seven noun cases (in honor of the ketchup co.), all suffixing, and a robust vowel harmony system. In addition, there are seventeen noun classes, à la Swahili, which do much of the derivational footwork.” ~ David J. Peterson
(transliteration)
1.al erwi ymM ergajajan las MlDaja.
2.kedemiT dZarm2sleraz, urDar MlDaz Sinaraja Dejler, ras vMnase eZZanlar.
3.kaja n2nzerler, "zin! rymSuj kenlymeje, ame dZimMSSMja." ame rymSuj tSurjujkMjat mekler, ame kenelwi solwMxMja mekler.
4.ame n2nlerkaja, "zin! majaS tajdZar, enedwizM dZ2f deJdZeje ulbolarnam valzamaja, ras l2Za majaS ZenDer levzemeje, volanaz meJjaf ketSlerjes noGenzerneswimej."
5.ame ziliryf meSkajaja valdZajalara tajdZa, ulbolnamuf mataljatSot valar.
6.ame n2nler, "mat! al MlDa, je al erwi laskaS bel, ame ledZer edZZaNkaja. je manarDawMxMja r2zDe kajas Zarreznezze.
7.zin! tSot zixM erwixMf SirkMjar matkMNwMriz, vazamaja, ame erwixMjMr vMnase ugdazamaj.
8.ame meJjaf ketSlerjes vMnaseT noGenzerkajalar, ras kaja tajdZar valzMklar.
9.ras "babelet" Zennesler, tSot meJjaf erwijes vMnase ugdalar, ame meJjaf ketSlerjes vMnaseT noGenzerkajalar.
Translated by David J. Peterson
(http://dedalvs.free.fr/zhyler/babel.html)
9.G. Text:
The Babel Text in Alurhsa
Alurhsa is the creation of Anthony Harris of Vermont and is only a small part of his imaginary world. For much more on the language and culture of Aluria, visit Anthony's site at alurhsa.org.
1.Ná, ttòsnë zh'óñen ñeveláynû dwi sùlën hályen, ddá vìgeláynû dwi sùlë ¿óv ñevóznáyëná.
2.Ddá vëzhelû, shthálázályën ghel máçisáç, dyárán ghílâ ddeksánthán tye tirá Shínár, ddá geveláynun vá.
3.Ddá dívelùnyun áyáshénÿ, ráyv, ersháyá vóçón, ddá túgròsháyá dyárán. Ddá vóçón kúweláynun kólf senéfón ddá móllán kólf jóttem.
4.Ddá dívelun, ká, vreleksáyá íthlánán vùn tárháyá, teyá beren yáqánô Kálrÿíszán, ddá ersháyá kìvá ólvínÿ fárshán eleván, spé ághálsárrenelyá ás ttòsnënÿ zh'óñenyánÿ.
5.Ddá qíëdelû Áxván pólef sperrâ zh'íthlánán vùn zhë tárháyá ten vrelekseláyná káyár bóyená.
6.Ddá dívelû Áxván, ráyv, lhôñ dwensá zhë ¿áms ddá xónyá dwi sùlën hályen, ddá úmázhën fakályónyá. Kólfe ñeyësán dyáráç feñené ten ïnáqánónyá kályâ.
7.Ká, ándzáláyá ddá vezénáyá dyárs-hályen pólef el ñe vùzùnùnyá ñevësán áyáshéyá.
8.Eref dyárán ághálsárrelô Áxván ghel váç ás ttòsnënÿ zh'óñenyánÿ, ddá lepelun vreleksâ zh'íthlánán.
9.Ddá eref zhë shthevá sódlô Bábel, kálÿ vá vezénelû Áxván hályen ttòsná zh'óñenyá, ddá ghel váç ághálsárrelû Áxván dyárán ás ttòsnënÿ zh'óñenyánÿ.
Translated by Anthony Harris
(http://alurhsa.org/)
9.H. Text:
The Babel Text in Kimva
Kimva was part of the ConlangEvolutionExperiment (http://talideon.com/concultures/wiki/?doc=ConlangEvolutionExperiment).
1.shes gu mitp fok yi kimva ka fi loffaloffa.
2.shes liyley gÿif fontshixka, nashumva i mitsa, kalepfing kasinrasing, ka napische.
3.liyley fish, kalinzrak, gÿidachighng pekxutpekxut ka tugngoxorzeko gÿidapevma. nafok pekxutpekxut, ka natugngona ngu ngindu, ka mwech, ka natugngofa ngu lunggo.
4.nafish, gÿidafing i kex kayifok, ka i xaxsulofsa kafafok sich kakusxasing, ka gÿidachighng ngu kagÿifok, ka xiy ufefpagÿi gu kamitpfing.
5.ka YEF kom fombmogÿika fingghiche ka fesombi kex ka xaxsulofsa, liyley fingna.
6.ka YEF fish, desombi, na-s yi pum, ka gu nafok yi kimva, ngong xiÿghey nasek, yu vakepchina, ka nafuvmviy, nahumikxekxa.
7.kom fombmogÿika ayidafinghiche ka ayidapoy kimva kenofak, kumash nahumwitpu vaf kalimvok.
8.va-s muy YEF fepfeno kamitpfing gu, ka nachimving kex.
9.vaxkup kefofak nga si pabwu, kumash kangugÿising YEF poy kimva kenofak, ka YEF fepfeno fombjika gu kamitpfing.
Translated by Alex Fink
(http://talideon.com/concultures/wiki/?doc=kimva)
[ADDENDUM: From an email from Alex Fink to Don Boozer on the misattribution of this Babel Text: "I've spotted a misattribution, in the case of Babel texts. Kimva is not in fact my creation, but that of Pete Bleackley. I presume the misattribution came about because of the "Descendents" listing on talideon.com/concultures/wiki/?doc=kimva attributing the daughter language kimwa lilyeho to me; the attribution proper to kimva itself is the line saying "PeteBleackley" below that." Please check out the web source for this Babel Text for further information - DB]
9.I. Text:
The Babel Text in Itlani
Itlani is the creation of James E. Hopkins who speaks and writes the language fluently. James holds a B.A. in French and a Master's degree in Philosophy and has a wide range of interests including writing, dancing, poetry, and linguistics. His recently self-published book, Eden's Day, includes poetry in English and Itlani.
1.Shukhrám tá kúlit untár mú sholóva véy mú eypotóva lafiyáva.
2.Véy brinkiyáva ú mashrá tá pirénay dzevyáven, brenduóva díni tá skáan Shinár zhanyáven, véy izá paleyáven.
3.Véy marruvyáven, "Kadimyátay, shevedzovó korunyáti véy vutóva iküirunchyáti." Véy tá shevedzovó résh chendjeynúey lafiyáven véy tá khalmasóva résh indisíey lafiyáven.
4.Véy ruvyáren, "Kadimyátay, mogése shatardjaóva sitagyáti, véy kitsanóva, tá móyto kiína díni tá fridádjan onyázha: komshayóva mogése vataranyáti reshú véyla tá vísan tá kúlit untára rá-kreyifyáti.
5.Rúzay Uramún stinatyávad reshú tá shatardjaóva véy tá kitsanóva shunyátad, kiinovó tá peshsuú sitagávit onyáven.
6.Véy Uramún ruvyávad, "Tá ebón mú onyára khaá véy shéy vút mú sholóva lafiyáren, véy iíd onyára idá kiinóva korúnya mabugyáren; tsórni rahá kiinóva harvolyázhen vútay inutebyízha."
7.Kadimyátay, stinatyáti véy izá vútit sholóva ubikeyyáti, reshú tá eypotóva mutatamág dayáten rá.
8.Chalí, Uramún vutóva izáay véyla tá vísan tá kúlit untára kreyafyávad, véy tá shatardjaóva sitágya spranichyáven.
9.Idakín Babél mishtaratyíra, vár izá Uramún tá sholóva tá kúlit untára ubikeyyávad; véy izáay Uramún vutóva véyla tá vísan tá untára kreyafyávad.
Translated by James E. Hopkins
(http://www.langmaker.com/db/Itlani_Babel_Text)
9.J. Text
The Babel Text in Interlingua
Interlingua is an international auxiliary language (like Esperanto) that began development in 1924 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA) and was published in 1951. Alice Vanderbilt Morris was the primary founder and funder of the project which was headed by Alexander Gode and William E. Collinson. Interlingua was sometimes referred to as “Standard Average European” by Dr. Gode.
1.Nunc le tote mundo habeva un lingua e un parola comun.
2.Como homines moveva se al est, illes trovava un plana in Shinar e establiva se illac.
3.Illes deciva a le un, "Veni, lassa nos facer briccas e cocer los minutosemente." Illes usava bricca in vice de petra, e catran pro mortero.
4.Tun illes deciva, "Veni, lassa nos construer nos un citate, con un turre que arriva a le celoes, a fin que nos pote facer un nomine pro nos e non esser dispersate trans le facie del tote mundo."
5.Ma le Senior veniva a basso vidar le citate e le turre que le homines construeva.
6.Le Senior deciva, "Si como un gente que parla le mesme lingua illes ha comenciate facer isto, tun nil que illes plana facer essera impossibile pro illes.
7.Veni, lassa nos descender e confunde lor lingua dunque illes non comprendera a le un."
8.Assi le Senior dispersava les de illac trans tote le mundo, e illes cessava construente le citate.
9.Que es proque il esseva appellate Babel -- proque illac le Senior confundeva le lingua del tote mundo. De illac le Senior dispersava les trans le facie del tote mundo.
Submitted to Langmaker by Dan Dawes
(http://www.langmaker.com/babel/interlingua.htm)
9.K. Text
The Babel Text in Talossan
Talossan was created by R. Ben Madison to be the official language of his micronation Talossa (which is entirely surrounded by the city of Milwaukee, WI). Madison has said “The Talossan language was created not as an amorphous conlang project for the world. It is not Esperanto. It was created for one purpose and one purpose only: to give a linguistic identity to the Kingdom of Talossa." For more information on Talossa and its language and culture, check out the official site at www.kingdomoftalossa.net.
1.És toct i tzarâ tigñhova viens glheþ és 'n parlançeu común.
2.Quând që os voiatxevent da l'est, os trovevent 'n azaçhár în Shinar, és os loc þavitevent.
3.Si zireva à sieu amíc, "Vetz! Láßetz që noi ládariçadrent ládarâs és lor baqadrent cumplätsmînt." És las ládarâs füvent els cräpsilor për lor, és la cretâ füt la muôltâ për lor.
4.És os zirevent, "Vetz! Láßetz që noi fraicadrent për üns 'n cità és 'n turmeu cün ça moláirâ în el çéu, és láßetz që noi façadrent 'n nôminâ për noi, da cráintschâ që noi estadrent spaperseschti sür la façâ da toct la tzarâ."
5.És Iáhave descendeva për vidarë la cità és el turmeu që els vürs tigñhovent fraichescù.
6.És Iáhave zireva, "Eiceâ, véiçi viens naziun, qi tent viens glhetg, és os en tienent auspicat. Nun niþil serà catxantat da lhor që os cunceptarhent à façarë.
7.Vetz! Láßetz që noi descendradent és loc cunfundadrent lor glhetg, svo að si non auscultarha el glhetg da sieu amic."
8.Aglhôrc Iáhave lor spaperseva dalà sür la façâ da toct la tzarâ, és os ceßevent à fraicar la cità.
9.Për aceastâ raziun a isch nominadâ Babel, cáir Iáhave loc cunfundeva el glhetg da toct la tzarâ, és c'è dalà që Iáhave lor spaperseva sür la façâ da toct la tzarâ.
Translated by C.M. Siervicül
(http://www.langmaker.com/db/Talossan_Babel_Text)
9.L. Text:
The Babel Text in Tepa
Tepa, created by Dirk Elzinga, is an attempt at "constructing" a plausible, vanished Native American language. Traces of the Tepa, Dirk says, vanished with the creation of Lake Powell.
1.huisi leqa sukuuqu, huisi tepa.
2.hukahekahee metapu sinaa kenipa eaqa kitile. hukate yu.
3.huyakkee, hawananpaqana.
4.huhawaqakkassa hanima etiqe ukaiqu kupine. huwaweletii pewalilkatta metasewe.
5.husahu qamana epite hanimaa akasa tukua.
6.huyakee qamana, hasua! isi tukua huisi leqa nequ. huqanani humuqappulpa eqana eamine.
7.wasahu huhawanulu leqane numuhuyu eteppa.
8.hulika metasewe tukua qamana huapupa ekasa hanimaa.
9.huten papele, anulu yu leqa tukua qamana elika yule metasewe.
Translated by Dirk Elzinga
(http://www.langmaker.com/featured/tepababel.htm)
9.M. Text:
The Babel Text in Konya
Konya is an international auxiliary language created by Larry Sulky designed to be easily learned.
1.posen-wi xoxe yo, telaxi tote tenu sile tokun-moti mune.
2.lawa, suki xoxe xon-ken-yu faisi ye tufu xon-xemapi lun-yo Xinarya ye kepu son-wi.
3.lawa, kusi toku tun-yo failen-sefi kayu "min-min-wi tepu fetu ketaten-peti ye sexen-kusu fine xon-wi" wo. lawa, kusi lilu lone ketaten-peti lono peti ye tauli lono petin-tauli.
4.lawa, kusi toku kayu "min-min-wi tepu fetu xiti wa ten-yo kaipasi, yo lelen-toxu saili wo, leso min-min-wi tepu lan-kenu suki tote ye tepu lan-pefu nin-ye tun-yo telaxi tote" wo.
5.naye, Sailin-punin-ya xain-yu saili leso sinu xiti ye kaipasa, yo suki fetu son-wi.
6.lawa, Sailin-punin-ya toku kayu "suki tote wa sukin-seti, yo toku lilo tokun-moti mune wo, taye kusi kaimu fuxu fetun-wi tise, ye taye fetun-wi tole, yo kusi sepu wo, pan-male wa nolo kusi" wo.
7.kayu min-wi sepu ken-yu telaxi ye pan-fun-pimen-yu tokun-moti yu kusi leso kusi pimen-lolu nin-ye failen-sefi wo.
8.taye Sailin-punin-ya pefu kusi xain-yo lun-tisen-wi tun-yo tote yu telaxi ye kusi kailu fetu xiti.
9.taye noli nemu xiti tuso Bebalya xemo Sailin-punin-ya pan-fun-pimen-yu lun-yo lun-tisen-wi tokun-moti yu telaxi tote. lawa, Sailin-punin-ya pefu kusi xain-yo lun-tisen-wi tun-yo telaxi tote.
Translated by Larry Sulky
(http://ca.geocities.com/handydad/konya/konya-babel.html)
9.N. Text:
Babel Text in Kēlen
Kēlen is the language of the Kēleni, inhabitants of Sylvia Sotomayor's conworld Tērjemar. The language is an attempt at constructing a language with no verbs, thus violating one of Greenberg's Universals. The conlang was the topic of Sylvia's talk at the second Language Creation Conference.
1.ielte la anmārwi pa antaxōni ān tēna;
2.il ñatta jarēþa rūānnie il ñatta jamāes japōññe sū jekiēn xīnār il aþ ñatta āke jamāramma;
3.ē teteñ ien hēja ñanna jacālmi jajūti nā aþ ōrra ñatta ancālmi to ankīþi aþ ōrra ñatta ancērri to anhērmi;
4.ē teteñ ien hēja ñanna jamāonre pa jakōnōr ja ñi jōl rā anīstīli; ē teteñ ien hēja ñanna lewēra tō tūaþ wā ñi ñēim makkepōlien rā anmārwi āñ pēxa;
5.il aþ ñi rā āke ā λi ārōn tō sema mo sarōña jamāonre pa jakōnōr ja ñatta ōrra;
6.il tamma ien ē ñi mēli mānīki ī la sāim antaxōni ān tēna ī la jāo jānne jakāe ja ñatta;
7.il tamma ien rēha ñatta janahan ja ñi jaþēŋŋe cēja lā;
8.il tamma ien ē ñi liēn rā āke tā aþ ñalla anwaxāon tō tūaþ ñi anxiēna ankewōra nīkamma sāim cī;
9.ē ñamma jāo ā λi ārōn ī ñamma sāim makkepōlien rā anmārwi āñ pēxa ī ñamma jamāonre anlāīke ankewōra; tō jāo sete sawēra λi waxāon tō ōrra ñamma anwaxāon antaxōni tēna sū āke ā λi ārōn;
Translated by Sylvia Sotomayor
(The Kēlen Babel Text can be accessed by typing cache:www.terjemar.net/babeltext.php into the Google search box.)
9.O. Text:
The Babel Text in Wasabi
Wasabi was a collaborative conlang venture undertaken by a class taught by David J. Peterson that examined the creation of pidgins. For a detailed look at the development of Wasabi, check out dedalvs.free.fr/wasabi.html.
1.Yasa ukali saya anu alima nala.
2.Si lamu amasu sami ala si siya numa niki isana kunayu si Shinar, aki wima isu.
3.Yasa alima anu si ika, "Wani kana nusika puma samapu aki si kusasi." Puma yumu nusika puma, alasa ukali yumu liwika.
4.Aki alima: "Niki! Wani pila amasu wima kunayu wa pika kunayu, ikala nali, wani ana wani amasu sami, unu lusa yumu wani unu liwika si yasa ukali."
5.Sika si nali niki ukali yata amasu wima kunayu wa pika kunayu malika sika pila.
6.Sika si nali alima: "Yata! Anu liwika kunayu yasa wa anu alima nala, ya aki pila wa unu yumu numa.
7.Niki! Wani niki si ukali, wani sunati nala, si yumu aki unu kisa ika sami alima.
8.Sika si nali unu liwika aki si yasa ukali, aki numa unatu si amasu wima kunayu.
9.Si ya yumu aki tasi ana Babel, yumu isu sika si nali sunati nala si yasa ukali, si isu sika si nali unu liwika aki si yasa ukali.
Translated by Mari Bandoma, Deise Benítez, Allison Buckley, Pablo Cabrera, Marc Callado, Patrick Chan, Charles Chang, Sarah Choi, Lizzy Ghedi-Ehrlich, Julie Gutiérrez, Norma Guzmán, Helen Khlystova, Jason Lin, Tom Nosewicz, Miriam Ochoa, David J. Peterson, Chris Ramiro, Michael Rivera, Adam Simpson, Amy Soong.
(http://www.langmaker.com/db/Bbl_wasabi.htm)
I found this in an old encyclopedia from Goodwill. I'm working on an art theme with this, it's getting there.
Body language can be so revealing sometimes.... don't you think?
I wonder if he had lost his faith and hope and was about to leave the place, or if on the contrary he was there trying to find some...
14th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues,
New York
Taken with a 3G iPhone
(Top)Meet the Conlangers: The World-wide Community of Language Creators
8.A. Text: Introductory paragraph
Conlanging transcends national boundaries and enjoys a global community of enthusiasts. A “census” of the Zompist Bulletin Board reveals members from the USA, Finland, France, New Zealand, Germany, UK, Hungary, Scandinavia, and South America. Conlanging is also multigenerational with ages of language creators and enthusiasts ranging from teens to senior citizens. Take a look at the attendees of the Language Creation Conference in this exhibit case. So, without further ado, may we introduce...
(Top left) David J. Peterson
Conlanger Extraordinaire
California
One of the most active conlangers on the web is David J. Peterson. He wrote the "Conlanger's Manifesto," was one of the speakers at both Language Creation Conferences so far (2006 and 2007), has been a vocal member of the CONLANG listserv for well over five years, has one of the finest web sites (http://dedalvs.free.fr) on the Internet devoted to conlanging (and his other various pursuits), and was President of the Society of Linguistics Undergraduates (SLUG) at UC Berkeley. In addition to creating languages like Kamakawi, Zhyler, Wasabi, Megdevi, and many others, David also created SLIPA (Sign Language International Phonetic Alphabet), a detailed system for representing all possible gestures in any signed language which can also be used to create a constructed sign language. Currently, David is also a member of the Board of Directors, as well as Treasurer and Secretary of the Language Creation Society (http://www.conlang.org) and is a contributor to The Speculative Grammarian (http://specgram.com), an online journal of linguistics humor.
David is a University of California (UC), Berkeley, alumnus (where he majored in English and linguistics); his Master's degree in Linguistics is from UC San Diego. David is currently adjunct professor of English at Fullerton College in California: the "Writing Guide" section of his web site is humorous as well as highly informative. He was also engaged last year to a fellow UCSD graduate, Erin McPherson. In his 2-man band, Number 6, David plays guitar, bass, and ukulele, and he sings. David is a devoted Mac user when it comes to computers: "I very use a Mac (try to make sense of that one, Chomsky!)."
Several Babel Texts translated by David are included throughout this exhibit, as well as the "Conlanger's Manifesto," (Exhibit Case #2) and his Amazon.com review of Describing Morphosyntax (Exhibit Case #3).
The Babel Text in Kamakawi (transliteration)
1.Ka peka i ape kalaka oi oalala poi.
2.Kau imawawakaiu upea a ie ku neva'a i ava ae peka Tinala pe, ku hepale ae pe.
3.Ku hekala i ika ti, "He'ea, he lama ue i timitiú u kava i uamo." Kae timitiú i leya ka iele i i'iele poupea.
4.Ku hekala poiu ti, "He paki ue i paleumi oi penute i ue a kopu ono o penute iu kawi, au atau ue, heoku u kawakawa'u heva e ave o peka."
5.Ka kau Takepolilao ele mata ie paleumi oie penute kau paki mali tiemi i.
6.Ke hekala poiu ti, "He! Ape peka, a ape kalaka i upea uila, au hepaka upea i iko. Oku li'u eleumi au takepo'u upea i hoa liwi'u upea a.
7.Ima! He kau ei e mimile ie kalaka o upea pe, aupe kala upea ioku ika.
8.Ke kawakawa Takepolilao i upeape heva e ave o peka, kau pu'uke upea ie paleumi.
9.Ape tomi'u amo ti "Imimile", ale mimile Takepolilao ie kalaka o inotu uila pe, e kawakawa i upeape heva e ave o peka.
Translated by David J. Peterson
(http://dedalvs.free.fr/kamakawi/babel.html)
(Top right) Mark Rosenfelder
"The Zompist"
Illinois
Mark Rosenfelder, a.k.a. “The Zompist” or “The Zomp”, has been creating languages and worlds since he was in grade school. One of The Zomp’s major gifts to the conlanging community is his Language Construction Kit (http://www.zompist.com/kit.html), often the first stop for beginning conlangers. The Kit provides a step-by-step approach to creating one’s own language compiled from resources gathered by Mark while attempting to learn linguistics on his own. Topics as diverse as what sounds to use in a conlang to how to construct language families and dialects are covered. The Zompist Bulletin Board, one of the Internet’s main forums for conlangers and con-worlders, is yet another of Mark’s contributions and is available at www.spinnoff.com/zbb.
Mark’s monumental online work, Virtual Verduria (http://www.zompist.com/virtuver.htm), began as a Dungeons & Dragons setting in his college days. It is the result of over twenty years of tinkering with concepts as diverse as language, history, chemistry, biology, and mythology. Virtual Verduria provides myriad details of Mark’s fantasy world of Almea, from the creation of its planetary system to the evolution of its indigenous inhabitants, and includes comprehensive maps, native stories, and myths of the various nations. There are a dozen individual languages or language families with grammars, vocabulary, and text samples. Mark has succinctly explained how he does all this by saying, “I have no kids and I don’t watch TV.”
Although The Zomp’s day job may be as a programmer, he has assured himself a spot in the Pantheon of Conlangers with his selfless activities in support of the art.
(Photo courtesy of Mark Rosenfelder)
(Bottom left) The Official Conlang Flag
The idea of a “conlang flag” was proposed by David J. Peterson on the CONLANG listserv in a message on Aug. 29, 2004. The next day, Adrian Morgan responded by saying: “Right, it's time to take this seriously,” and a rough sketch was submitted. Discussion on the topic was brisk, over twenty designs and revisions were submitted, and the results were announced on September 23, 2004. The basic layout was suggested by Leland Paul, but the winning flag’s final design was created by Christian Thalmann. Paul’s posting provides some of the symbolism: “Against a purple sky, signifying creativity, an orange sun rises, orange signifying energy, imagination, and communication. It sheds its light over a dark, not-yet-seen world. Silhouetted against the sun is the Tower of Babel, proclaiming the noble nature of the linguistic diversity.” The Tower of Babel also brings to mind the ubiquitous Babel Text often used as a translation exercise. The Conlang Flag has been displayed prominently at the Language Creation Conferences and can be seen on numerous conlangers’ web pages.
(Bottom Middle) Andrew Smith
Creator of Brithenig
New Zealand
Born in Invercargill, New Zealand, in 1965, Andrew currently lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is an Archives Assistant for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Archives. His native language is English, and, although he speaks several languages, Andrew admits that none are to "conversational level." Brithenig is the result of Andrew's attempt to create an alternative Romance language akin to French and Spanish: namely what would have happened to Latin if it had become established in the Celtic areas of Britain and evolved accordingly. "The earliest known record of Brithenig dates back to 1997," Andrew states. "It was inspired earlier by a reference to a Celtic-influenced romance language I discovered in a book on Celtic languages in 1990, my last year of study at the University of Otago. It would take me another four years before I returned to Dunedin to re-read the reference and create the language. The rest is history. Ill Bethisad is legacy." Ill Bethisad is the imaginary country where Bethisad is spoken. The extensive site dedicated to the imaginary nation and language can be found at www.bethisad.com. With maps, history, grammars, and more, Andrew's site rivals that of Mark Rosenfelder's Virtual Verduria.
Andrew continues: "As well as Brithenig I keep a journal in a conlang based on Old English. In recent years I have started on an eclectic language based on my collection of Teach Yourself Language books. I have about 40 of them. They are getting harder to find."
"Apart from creating languages I have created imaginary worlds, attempted writing, been involved in Mediaeval Re-enactment, work out at the gym for cardio, and practise religion. I have never travelled outside my country. I collect books, CDs, RSS-feeds, and occasionally hats."
(Photo courtesy of Andrew Smith. Quotes taken from an email to Don Boozer.)
The Babel Text in Brithenig
1.Hures il munn inter hav yn linghedig e yn cant commyn.
2.Sig il pobol summoden di'l est, ysses ligavan yn luin in Sennar e lâs'ysteblivan.
3.Ysses digevan il yn a'l altr, "Gwenitz, gwans a fager brics e cogher les interevent." Ysses ysavan brics in log di bedr, e arill per chelcin.
4.Afos ysses digevan, "Gwenitz, gwans a eddifigar per nos yn giwdad, cun yn tyr che tang a'ls cels, sig nos fagians yn novn per nos e no scians ysparied pas syss la fag di la der inter."
5.Mais il Tiern gweniv a vas a widder la giwdad e'l tyr che'l pobol eddifig.
6.Il Tiern digev, "Ec'h, altresi yn pobol che barol il linghedig medissiv, ysses yst han gyvnidiad a fager. Hures ys lâ no haverai negarad ren a les che ysses provassen a fager.
7.Gwenitz, gwans a vas a ystyrddir sew linghedig di les sig ysses no c'hompruinnessen ren di'l yn a'l altr."
8.Sig il Tiern yspariav di lâ syss tud la der, e ysses calvavan a eddifigar la giwdad.
9.Ho es perc'he sa afell Babel -- perc'he lâ il Tiern ystyrddiv il linghedig di'l munn inter. Di lâ il Tiern les yspariav syss la fag di la der inter.
Translated by Andrew Smith
(http://hobbit.griffler.co.nz/babeltext.html)
(Bottom right) Dr. Sarah L. Higley
a.k.a. Sally Caves
Academic Conlanger
New York
Earning her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Sarah L. Higley is currently Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester and a teacher of medieval languages and literature. She is also known by her alias, Sally Caves, which is the name you'll see on her website (http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html) outlining her conlang Teonaht. According to her site, Sally began documenting her language creation in 1962 at the age of nine. Dr. Higley goes on to say that in "the Fall of 2000, she co-taught an independent study with linguistics Professor Jeffrey Runner, wherein then freshman (and linguistics major) Douglas Ball was allowed to develop grammar and text for his invented language Skerre." Sally was a presenter at the first Language Creation Conference, has been interviewed by her local NPR radio station about conlanging, wrote an article entitled "Audience, Uglossia, and CONLANG" for M/C Journal (available online at journal.media-culture.org.au/0003/languages.php), and, in December 2007, published the definitive study of St. Hildegard of Bingen and her Lingua Ignota entitled Hildegard of Bingen's Unknown Language: An Edition, Translation, and Discussion. (For more information on St. Hildegard, see Exhibit Case #4). Dr. Higley is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Language Creation Society (http://www.conlang.org).
The Babel Text in Teonaht
1.Send tand potom takrem tefye uõnim kalalya, uõnim mongwyf.
2.Send seawim il plevvysta elai renek, he twe esteratwe armmandy; rilua-il twe nrinarem celil hea Hsinnarid, send eldwav hovar endõ.
3.Send euab ouarje eldwa jane: "Mantets! Nittaopra uents, uo ad õ potemaht flehhtyzmats." Send nittaopra eldwav uen to mimmivua uo nerik to cicya.
4.Send eldwav ebra: "Mantets! Tesa-ilz lirifel-jo hadhhamats ta mehuen aid kempa ar Erahenahil, send rõ tyr aittearmats, ta vera listsõ hyny il takrem ro ssosyarem.
5.Send Le Hrel elo hsommante sa lõ kerem il tesa liriffel-jo hadhhama-uarrel ihhain le plevvysta.
6.Send Le Hrel elo ebra, "Keyts, il plevvysta somad, uo uõnim kalalya twavhha; aibba estwa mippa: to vokraikarem, send vawem dihhai twav kare deytwav dal ai sebrarem esai lis.
7."Hsobmmantets; send twe kalalya vilvviglats ta vera pre-twav twe mongav rin euab ouarjo."
8.Le Hrel ad hyny il takrem elo toaaiba sossya, send il tesa eldwa beg hadha.
9.Evvaiba Bavel li'aittear ilid lirifel, uanner Le Hrel il uõm kalalya ilid potom takrem elo vilvvigla, send il plevvystan eldwa hovvandy sossyab.
Translation by Sally Caves
(http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/babel.html)
I shot this photo to express the importance of the language and to express the "the process of the communication" in a visual way. I have spent a week to think for the idea, here is the outcome.
A Marine looks at a pamphlet in order to find the exact pronunciation of a phrase an instructor asked him to say in Arabic. Throughout the weeklong course, the Marines were verbally quizzed on different Arabic phrases from numbers to basic questions they will more than likely use during their upcoming deployment.
What you can tell from a person’s body language ➡ www.shape-able.com/10-proven-ways-to-be-more-attractive-t...
"We have to cease to think if we refuse to do it in the prison-house of language; for we cannot reach further than the doubt which asks whether the limit we see is really a limit" - badly quoting Nietzsche
1. Drapeau Français / French Flag, 2. Lyon 268, 3. paris 032, 4. The Brandenburg Gate, 5. Japanese flag, 6. IMG_6061, 7. Himeiji Castle, 8. Eine Germandinner, 9. Sushi | Culinária, 10. 七五三 Shichi-go-san, 11. Kyoto; now & then, 12. IMG_6071, 13. Its Future is in our Hands - Live Earth, 14. Magasin Ouvert, 15. Croissants!, 16. 柏林墙 - The Berlin Wall - Berliner Mauer, 17. Château de Versailles - L'Orangerie - 27-05-2007 - 8h29, 18. Chocolate cakes from Gaulupeau, Versailles, 19. View from the Eiffel Tower, 20. 041 lyon, 21. German Flag, Berlin, 22. Todaiji Temple, 23. The Hiroshima Genbaku Dome, 24. German Castle, 25. Plus Ultra
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
The 2011 Census included questions for the first time on English language proficiency for those who had a main language other than English. For residents who lived in Wales, the English category included those whose main language was Welsh.
The latest analysis from ONS has looked at how proficiency in English varied across the different main languages spoken, how health related to proficiency in English and looked at the proficiency of 3-15 year olds across local authorities in England and Wales.
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/detailed-charac...
At the Bodleian Library courtyard every school has a different doorway. This is the one for Languages.
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
(Thich Nhat Hanh - Vietnamese Monk, Peace Activist and Writer, b.1926)
Saurabh is an architect in Delhi, he wanted his portrait by me so we met recently for lunch in Hauz khas village which is in South Delhi.
As he was living in Milano for a few years, we spoke Italian for fun, he had many expressions and most of all an amazing smile.
We went outside to the Deer Park and I took several shots.
I selected this one where everything on his face is smiling, it is the universal language in the world and a source of joy and happiness.
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Jun 7/11 I think this couple was having a kind of argument. Based on their body language. She had raised eyebrows almost all night and not one smile.
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers :.
Paris :Chez Denné le jeune ... [et] chez Perlet ...,1806..
Photo by Hiro Chang, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center opened its doors to the public on May 15 for its annual Language Day event.
The event showcased the cultures of the different departmental languages being taught here through dance, skits and fashion shows.
Exhibits were also presented throughout the school grounds with local Monterey ethnic vendors selling their local cuisines to the customers.
Nearly 2,000 high school students and teachers attended Language Day.
Info Island International (233,205,33)
International Plaza-Rare languages booth area
The Lakhota Language booth serves as an awareness to a language still in usage and under going a revival. The Booth put together by Willow Shenlin presents a web-browser (menu), a glossary (translations), a dreamcatcher (SLURLs list) and a mustang (audio URLs)
After yesterday's buckle shinin', another new American word for me to learn was 'bobtail'.
Bobtailing is when a semi-truck is traveling without an attached trailer. This can occur when a semi-truck is in the process of picking up a trailer (and has no trailer to deliver) or is returning from delivery (and has no trailer to pick up). Bobtails are a common sight on Texas highways.
Once again, James McMurtry's lyrics are spot on. Unfortunately if you follow the song to the end, there is a sad ending.
"She's been green breaking horses when she's home from the road,
Waiting on dispatch to find her a load.
She leased all but the trap, ponies can't graze a thing,
Another bobtail of coastal ought to last them 'til spring.
Randy says not to worry, he'll feed while she's gone.
She's got the Freightliner idling half up on his lawn.
He don't like her driving when the northers come blue
But if the horses went hungry Lord knows what she'd do"
jukebox # 505
Here is a rather good solo live version of the same song.
A Tolkien Timeline
January 3, 1892
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (pronounced “toll-keen”), known to family and friends as “Ronald,” is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Although spending less than four years in Africa, young Ronald’s terrifying encounter with a huge, hairy spider would one day figure prominently in his writing.
February 15, 1896
Tolkien’s father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien, dies. His mother, brother, and he soon move back to his parents’ native England.
November 14, 1904
Tolkien’s mother, Mabel Tolkien, dies. By this time, Ronald had mastered Latin and Greek, was competent in Gothic and Finnish, and was already coming up with his own languages.
1911
Ronald enters Exeter College, Oxford, and immerses himself in his studies of Classics, Old English, Germanic languages, Welsh, and Finnish. After receiving decent but disappointing grades in his Classics major, he switches to English Language and Literature. He receives his degree in 1915.
March 22, 1916
After a long courtship, Tolkien marries Edith Bratt.
1916
Tolkien sees service in World War I on the front lines in the Battle of the Somme and contracts “trench fever.” After recovering in hospital for a month from this serious condition, he resumes service on the home front and eventually achieves the rank of Lieutenant. Tolkien composed early versions of his stories and languages of Middle-earth during this time including ones about the wars against Morgoth, the siege and fall of Gondolin, and of the romance between the mortal hunter Beren and the Elf-maiden Lúthien.
1917
The first of Ronald and Edith’s children is born. They would eventually have four: John (1917 – 2003), Michael (1920 – 1984), Christopher (born 1924) and Priscilla (born 1929). Christopher would become the literary executor of his father’s papers and will be instrumental in bringing much of J.R.R. Tolkien’s unpublished material to light including The Silmarillion, The History of Middle-earth series, and The Children of Húrin, among others.
1918
Tolkien gets a job as an Assistant Lexicographer on the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary.
1920
Tolkien becomes an “Assistant Professor” at the University of Leeds.
1925
Tolkien becomes a Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
1930
Absentmindedly writes “In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit” on the blank page of a student’s exam book he was grading.
1936
“The Monster and the Critics,” Tolkien’s groundbreaking lecture on Beowulf, revolutionizes the way that poem is regarded.
September 21, 1937
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is published. It becomes a huge, unexpected success.
1954
The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, the first and second parts of The Lord of the Rings, are released.
1955
The Return of the King, the final part of The Lord of the Rings is released.
1959
Tolkien retires from his professorship at Oxford.
November 29, 1971
Edith Tolkien dies after a short but severe illness.
1972
Tolkien is made a "Commander of the Order of the British Empire," one step below Knighthood.
September 2, 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien dies at the age of 81 and is buried next to his beloved wife in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. In addition to their names and dates, Tolkien and Edith's single gravestone bears the names of Beren and Lúthien.
(Bottom center) David Salo
Elvish Scriptwriter
Wisconsin
When Peter Jackson decided to include dialogue in Tolkien’s languages in his movie version of The Lord of the Rings, David Salo was the one chosen to create it. At the time, Salo was a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison. The fact that Salo had done similar work for Iron Crown Enterprises, designer of the Middle-earth Role Playing system, no doubt helped his cause. Salo would go on to create song lyrics, dialogue, inscriptions, and other snippets of text in Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdul, the Black Speech of Mordor, and others. After his work on the film, Salo would go on to write A Gateway To Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the best introduction to that language currently in print. Although academic in tone, A Gateway to Sindarin provides Salo’s invaluable perspective on Tolkien’s language. Salo is currently working on his Ph.D. in linguistics with a thesis on Vedic Sanskrit.
(Bottom left and right are a basic grammar of Quenya and Sindarin and a collection of phrases and the "A Elbereth Gilthoniel." The Bottom right corner is the One Ring inscription with an explanation)
The "Red Book" has the following caption: Tolkien's explanation for the origin of The Lord of the Rings was that it was his translation of The Red Book of Westmarch, a book started by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, expanded on by Sam Gamgee, and kept by Sam's descendants up to the current Age. For those brave enough to tackle reading the Appendices at the end of The Lord of the Rings, they will be rewarded with a detailed description of how Tolkien "translated" the various languages and names in The Red Book. For example, one finds out that the name Sam Gamgee (Frodo's trusted companion on his perilous journey to Mordor) in the hobbit-language was Banazîr Galpsi; Meriadoc Brandybuck was really named Kalimac Brandagamba. The hobbits’ own word for themselves was kuduk, and Sméagol (Gollum's real name) was actually called Trahald. Tolkien explains in fine detail how he decided to translate all these and many more, allowing the reader to gain an appreciation of both the depth of Tolkien's linguistic expertise and his love of language.
Title: Monash University, Sir Robert Menzies Wing, Language Laboratory [picture]
Author / Creator: Wolfgang Sievers 1913-2007 photographer.
Date: 1963
Contents / Summary: Interior; shows students wearing headphones, sitting in single cubicles.
Subjects:
Monash University (Vic.)
Universities and colleges -- Victoria -- Clayton
Language laboratories -- Victoria -- Clayton
Gelatin silver prints
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Australia; Victoria; Wolfgang Sievers; Monash University; Clayton; language laboratories
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This sign on a bicycle trail in Tan-dz Taiwan is odd because you just never see oxen and carts like this even in rural areas.
My current job is relevant to languages. So one of my hobbies is collecting textbooks, dictionaries and autio CDs of different languages. I hope, someday, I can have time and mood to learn these languages one by one.
Thus the practice of alchemy involved a sort of auto-hypnosis on the part of the would-be adeptus, which led to a hallucinatory state in ... processes expressed in pseudochemical language », thus providing the essence of his interpretative model for alchemy . It might seem obvious that the burden of proof lies on the Jungian to demonstrate that alchemical metaphors such as the « green lion »
Cham, Kemi, Agypten, Land der schwarzen Erde leitet man das gr. chemeia und chymia ab, ferner lat. chymia und ... „Stein derWeisrn“ und Alchemie, aus diesem die Bezeichnung der Chemie in den verschiedenen modernen Sprachen.
M. M. Pattison Muir - Aperçu
The language of the alchemists was, therefore, rich in such expressions as these; "the elements are to be so conjoined that the ... The mastery of this instrument would give them powerto change any metal into gold, thecureof all diseases, and the happiness ... thedivinewater, the virginwater, the carbuncle ofthe sun, the olddragon, the lion,the basilisk, the phœnix; andmany other names were given toit.
Melvyn Bragg - 2011 - Aperçu - Autres éditions
STEPEN PUMFREY: I think it links in quite nicely with this idea that alchemists and indeed many philosophers had that there ... species of metal or whatever were growing or developing from some primitive base form such as a base metal of iron through ... sense as well because the alchemist's language is often loaded with religious language and allusions to theology. ... An alchemist like Paracelsus said you make the Philosopher's Stone by taking the rose-tinted blood of the lion and ...