Re: Vulcan lang question (IDIC)
Steven Boozer 
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:19:05 -0600

: Steven Boozer wrote:
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:>: In addition to general interest, I do have a specific question. I
:>: would like to know if there is a current rendering of the Vulcan=20
:>: IDIC proverb, which the best I know in English is "From infinite=20
:>: diversity, infinite combinations" (-- an interesting and precient=20
:>: appreciation for multi-culturism).
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:> I don't believe the development of Marketa Zvelebil's version of=20
:> Modern Vulcan being done by the Vulcan Academy Linguistics Department=20
:> has progressed to the point of being able to translate this proverb.=A0=
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: Actually, I believe that we (correct me if I'm wrong anyone) regard
: t'triahve as the Vulcan "translation". "Infinite diversity, in infinite
: combinations" simply comes closest in English to translating this
: complex one word concept in Vulcan.
:
: Rob Z.

Agreed.  T'triahve is Vulcan for the concept of IDIC as a whole (like
kolinahr,
c'thia or arie'mnu), but I understood the original poster as wanting to
translate the phrase "from infinite diversity, infinite combinations" int=
o
Vulcan -- which is not something we're able to do at this point for lack =
of
vocabulary.



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