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North Wind tale
The following request appeared on conlang a while ago:
Translate the following paragraph into the constructed language of your
choice:
"The North Wind and the Sun were disputing(1) which was the stronger(2),
when a traveller came along wrapped in a warm cloak(3). They agreed that
the one who first succeeded in making(4) the traveller take his cloak(5)
off should(6) be considered stronger than the other(7). Then the North
Wind blew with all his might(8), but the more(9) he blew the more
closely did the traveller fold his cloak(10) around him; and at
last(11), the poor North Wind gave up the attempt(12). Then the Sun
shone out warmly(13), and immediately(14) the traveller took off his
cloak. And so the North Wind was obliged to confess(15) that the Sun was
the stronger of the two(16)."
This is my attempt:
la berbif. joi la sol. puki darlu lejei ri jikau ra vlimau le drata kei
co'i lenu lo litru vi klama gi'e tagji dasni lo kazgla kosta .i lego'i
cu tugni lenu le pamoi snada be lenu naldasri'a le litru le kosta du'o
ru'a vlimau le drata .ibazibo la berbif. cu rocrai brife .iku'i go ri
vlimau brife gi le litru cu tagmau vaungau le kosta ra .ibaze'e la
berbif. uu cu sisti lenu troci .ibabo la sol. cu glare dirce .ibazibo
le litru co'u dasni le kosta .iseki'ubo la berbif. cu bilga lenu tugni
ledu'u la sol. vlimau
and my word-for-word-er:
NorWind 'n' Sun argued [talking past now, son] on the truth of the sentence:
this one [connective disputed] that one is more powerful than the other,
at the instant when a traveller comes and tightly wears a warmth coat. They
agree that the first succeding in making-not-wear the traveller the coat
is, known to someone, [Postulate!] more powerful than the other. Then NorWind
was a most-effortful wind. But iff it was a more powerful wind, the traveller
tighter made-contain the coat him. Eventually NorWind [awwww] stopped trying.
Then Sun hot-radiated. Right after, the traveller stopped wearing the coat.
For that reason NorWind was obliged to agree to the sentence: Sun is more
powerful.
Comments solicited.
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