[B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into English?
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 2 22:17:23 EDT 2010
George wrote
<In a situation such as we are discussing "mostly correct" doesn't mean "Can I
understand it."
Rather, it means "Was it fairly commonly used in the Attic dialect at the time
concerned.">
Hi, George.
Sure, I get that.
I think what happens quite often on B-Greek is that someone asks a question and
rather than really answer the question, the question serves as a trigger for
someone to
express a conviction and that conviction leads to an argument. The argument has
almost
nothing to do with the original question. Sometimes when two drunks fight over
a woman it
is not the woman they want, but the fight.
Not that this is a bad thing.
What would be really silly about continuing this argument about what "mostly
correct"
means is that you and I agree, I think, that Sprechen Sie Attich is just fine
the way it is,
and Randall, who I think raised the issue of whether its phrases should be
checked, AGREES
WITH ME COMPLETELY ABOUT THE UNDERLYING CONVICTION that I would be expressing
if I continued the argument.
So, let me just say that for me whether the phrases in Sprechen Sie Attich are
Koine or
Attic or common or not common or are found in attested texts or are not found in
attested
texts has nothing to do with the question of whether reading that book will
cause you to
use Ancient Greek (yes) and whether using Ancient Greek will help you to read
Ancient Greek
better (yes) and whether we should translate the bloody thing into English
(yes.)
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
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From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>; Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 7:02:10 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into
English?
In a situation such as we are discussing "mostly correct" doesn't mean "Can I
understand it." Rather, it means "Was it fairly commonly used in the Attic
dialect at the time concerned."
george
gfsomsel
… search for truth, hear truth,
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
defend the truth till death.
- Jan Hus
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From: Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>; Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 3:09:28 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into
English?
George wrote
<I would tend to conclude that they are mostly correct.>
As somebody who uses English every day, my
criteria for correct English is this and only this: can I understand
it?
As somebody who uses Ancient Greek almost every day, my
criteria for correct Ancient Greek is this and only this: can I
understand it?
There are lots of other criteria for determining when a bit
of English or Ancient Greek is "correct," but none of them make any sense.
Mark L
FWSFOROS MARKOS
________________________________
From: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 12:28:19 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into
English?
If the object is to translate an existing work, I see no reason to check the
usages unless one does so beforehand to determine whether it is worth
translating. I would tend to conclude that they are mostly correct. Other than
that one enters into the area of revising or commenting on the work.
george
gfsomsel
… search for truth, hear truth,
learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
defend the truth till death.
- Jan Hus
_________
________________________________
From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 11:20:31 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into
English?
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:08 PM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
So far I don't see any evidence that the intent was to use only expressions
current in the 1st cent. It would seem from his mention of Aristophanes and
Plato in the introduction that it is geared more toward classical Greek than
koine.
>
>
yes, even those need checking.
And Louis' intention is as Koine resource.
>
>
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From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
>To: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Mon, August 2, 2010 10:42:48 AM
>Subject: [B-Greek] Translate Sprechen Sie Attich (Greek Phrasebook) into
>English?
>
>
>I remember a different problem with the book.
>the phrases need to be searched in order to verify their Attic currency and
>to verify that they were in use in the first century.
>
>Randall Buth
>
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