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L O W L A N D S - L * 25 April 2006 * Volume 03
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From: "Marcel Bas" <marcelbas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Anniversary" 2006.04.25 (01) [D/E/V]

Hi there,

I see that there's no New Zealandic English translation of the Zaunkönig.
To me, there was always one bird that seemed closest to our European
Zaunkönig/winterkoninkje. It's the rifleman and other members of the family
Xenicidae. I guess they fit in the same evolutionary niche, too. We call the
birds 'geweervogels'.

Looking for its relatives on the internet, I saw that the best rifleman,
Xenicus gilviventris is even called Rock Wren! In Maori that will be
Piwauwau.

Look here and you'll see why I thought about this bird in particular. Note
that European wrens and New Zealand rock wrens do not belong to the same
family:

http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/rockwren.html

Very much alike, isn't it? We should keep this in mind when someone intends
to translate it into New Zealand English.


Best regards,
Marcel.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Anniversary

Thanks a lot for that tip, Marcel.

I've been begging for a New Zealand English version long enough.  At this
point, I'd be happy with *any* small, feisty bird -- and it doesn't have
to be a native bird either, if "wren," like "lion," is a normally used NZ
English word.

I don't know if it was the translator's choice or my suggestion, but the
Maori translation uses _riririro_ 'grey warbler' (_Gerygone igata_), and a
dog (_kurī_) in place of a lion (> _raiona_).  I guess I could change
_riroriro_ to _piwauwau_, but I would have to check with Evelyn, and at
the end of the day it's not really important if there's zoological
correctness or not.

How about you and Karl-Heinz and cohorts getting together to come up with
Alemannic versions, perhaps a Viennese version as well?  That would keep
you _buam_ busy and off the streets for a little while.

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron

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