April 21, 2007 04:14PM
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Joanne writes:
"it has been translated already"
I'm sorry Joanne and I don't mean to upset you further, but that is a blatently false statement.
Here is what is written in your link about the entry in question:
C. The inhabitants of Egypt. Usually written in the same way as the word for the land and now and then contrasted with the plural. Not commonly written with accompanying [figures of man and woman] before the Middle Kingdom (as a collective noun).
^ That is not a transliteration of anything.
Treat it like a test. Would you give the above for answer when asked to transliterate a term?
If I recieved such and answer from one of my students I would mark them a big red X.
And I would write the following on their paper.
What is requested is a transliteration.
What you wrote could be regarded as and apologia, or a filibuster, but would never be mistaken for transliteration.
I would then explain to the student what transliteration is.
transliteration of terms meansto take symbols from a one language and, piece by piece - replace them with the "literally" corresponding term from another language.
And example follows.
Km.tyw, this is Medou Netcher for - Kemetou, Blacks, Black-ones, literally translates or
"trans-literates" into Ancient Greek as Melanos, into English as Blacks, and into French as Noirs.
Now, let's take the word Egyptian.
Egyptian is a Greek word which literally translates into Het-Ka-Ptah in Medou Netcher, which in turn translates to House of Spirt Ptah in English.
Egyptian therefore cannot be transliterated Noirs, nor Blacks, nor Melanos, nor Km.t.
So, however frustrated you may be, the fact is that posting a link to and apologia, does
not answer the question at all.
It's not even close.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/21/2007 04:22PM by broko.
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