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L O W L A N D S - L - 14 September 2008 - Volume 04<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Elsie Zinsser</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:ezinsser@icon.co.za">ezinsser@icon.co.za</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.09.15 (02) [D/E]</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Hi all,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Jaqueline, it is
not used in Afrikaans but can be said, hence me referring to the sentence as
being nonsensical.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="DE">Elsie</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" lang="DE"></span></p>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Mark Dreyer</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:mrdreyer@lantic.net">mrdreyer@lantic.net</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.09.15 (01) [E]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi All:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Subject:
LL-L "Idiomatica"</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">As Elsie
says:<br>
Yes, Jorge, you can say this in Afrikaans: 'Die honde blaf hulle koppe af' <br>
although it is nonsensical.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Metaphor is
likely the most idiosyncretic feature of a language, carrying a heavy burden of
cultural values. One cannot assume that because it sounds right in English it
is meaningful in another language. It might even be offensive. For example,
when we read in the Bible that Jesus says, "I will make you fishers
of men." the translators might have blindly translated the sentence more
accurately as, "I will teach you to take lives."</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">If I wanted
to carry the idea accross rather than to try to translate the exact phrase I
would say, "Die honde blaf dat dit bars!" - the dogs bark
so that it bursts?!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Yrs,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Mark<br style="">
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