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83Translation - English-Esperanto - Only when the last tree has been cut down, Only...

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Title
Only when the last tree has been cut down, Only...
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Submitted by Francky5591
Source language: English

Only when the last tree has been cut down,
Only when the last river has been poisoned,
Only when the last fish has been caught,
Then only will you see that money cannot be eaten.

Cree Indian Prophecy
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Title
Nur kiam la lasta arbo estos hakita
Translation
Esperanto

Translated by goncin
Target language: Esperanto

Nur kiam la lasta arbo estos hakita,
Nur kiam la lasta rivero estos venenita,
Nur kiam la lasta fiŝo estos kaptita,
Nur tiam vi konstatos, ke mono ne manĝeblas.

Kria Indiana Profetaĵo
Validated by goncin - 17 November 2009 10:58





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14 November 2009 19:39

stevo
Number of messages: 78
In general this is a good translation, but there are some things that I think would improve it.
/perceptos/konstatos/
/estas mangxebla/mangxeblas/
All of the "estos ..ita" forms could be changed to "..itos" to make them pithier.

16 November 2009 10:42

goncin
Number of messages: 3706
Hi, stevo! I see you got back as well.

"Konstatos" and "manĝeblas" seems OK to me, but the verbs in "...itos" sound quite strange...

16 November 2009 16:26

stevo
Number of messages: 78
They do to me too, because they are used so rarely, but they are still correct. It's a way to make the message more direct, more immediate. Rather like saying "kill" instead of "take a life".