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awake (Xem thông tin cá nhân) 11:29:05 Ngày 23 tháng 4 năm 2008
hiyayaywhopee:Whoops, We must have been typing at the same time, your post wasnt up when I made my translation. I note one small error in yours though (Mine probably has some too lol).
When one speaks about animals, I suggest always using the neuter pronoun "ĝi," not only when (in the majority of cases) the sex of the said animal is indistinguishable to you, but even in those occasions when we speak precisely about the sex of the animal. In very rare cases, when precision is able to absolutely require that we show the sex of the animal through use of the pronouns, the theory does not allow you to use the pronoun "li" or "ŝi"; but in all ordinary occasions I would suggest using the pronouns "li" and "ŝi" only for people.
"the theory does not allow" should be "the theory does not forbid" (MALpermesas). Otherwise nice job. your translation is a bit less literal than mine is, but I think it flows better. It's always an interesting choice when translating. Do you translate the passage word for word (as I more or less did) or do you translate the content? For beginners I tend to do the former more, but now that I think about it, it's probably pretty useful to see both types.
awake (Xem thông tin cá nhân) 11:29:48 Ngày 23 tháng 4 năm 2008
Vagabondo:Thanks, awake! Your translation is brilliant.You're welcome.
hiyayaywhopee (Xem thông tin cá nhân) 00:29:07 Ngày 25 tháng 4 năm 2008
About what was actually translated, it would be hard to convince pet owners not to use "li" or "ŝi."
tommjames (Xem thông tin cá nhân) 11:13:05 Ngày 25 tháng 4 năm 2008
mnlg:I notice that without the addition of the bracketed words (propra / aliula), both translations are exactly the same and thus there is ambiguity with regards to who's dog is washing its face.ailebol:He says that his (his own) dog is washing its face.Li diras, ke lia [propra] hundo estas lavanta sian vizaĝon.He says that his (some one else’s) dog is washing its face.Li diras, ke lia (aliula) hundo estas lavanta sian vizaĝon.
Am I right in thinking the only way to resolve this is the addition of words like "propra" and "aliula" into the sentence to indicate the exact person?
Or did you mean that "propra" and "aliula" should replace the word "lia"?
mnlg (Xem thông tin cá nhân) 11:29:05 Ngày 25 tháng 4 năm 2008
The word "lia" should be omitted when using "aliula"; it can be omitted with "propra", however "propra" (according to my dictionary) also means "proper", so the result would retain some ambiguity:
"lia propra hundo" = "his own dog"
"propra hundo" = "[someone's, presumably the subject's] own dog", or "a proper dog".