FW: AtD Seal Translation

[Ya Sam]

As I already told you I sent the image of the seal to several Tibetan 
organisations. Now, after a week of correspondence I received the partial 
translation from other kind people at 'The Tibetan Language Student', their 
site is http://www.learntibetan.net/copyright.htm . They had more problems 
with the text than the translator at the Tibetan Culture Centre, being 
unable to make out all the words. They're sure that the first two words are 
'Tibetan Government's', can't make out what's in the middle, and say that 
the last word is 'Representative', the legends above and below being 
identical. These are brute facts. I know nought about Tibetan grammar and 
the way they form words, but I am more inclined to beleive the first 
translation, although there is no way I can know the way the words 'chamber 
of commerce' may somehow be misread as 'representative'. Anyway, the first 
two words have been confirmed by two independant sources, that's already 
something. If I receive any addition info, I'll let you know. Below is the 
kind and generous response of my correspondent Trausti.




>From: The Tibetan Language Student <trausti at learntibetan.net>
>Reply-To: trausti at learntibetan.net
>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: The Tibetan Language Student
>Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:20:18 -0800
>
>Hello again,
>
>That image was better, but not clear enough for them to read. They can make 
>out the beginning and the end, but not the middle. The beginning is 
>"Tibetan government's" and the end is "representative". The text on the 
>bottom is the same as the text on the top. That's all I can do...
>
>Trausti
>
>
>
>Ya Sam wrote:
>
>>Hello and thanks again!
>>
>>The image I sent to you is a jpeg image and can  be enlarged by using zoom 
>>in features. In case that presents some problem, I found an identical 
>>image on the site dedicated to the novel, in the left-hand corner.
>>
>>http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
>>
>>Hope this may help.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Ya Sam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: The Tibetan Language Student <trausti at learntibetan.net>
>>>Reply-To: trausti at learntibetan.net
>>>To: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>>>Subject: Re: The Tibetan Language Student
>>>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:22:48 -0800
>>>
>>>Hello again,
>>>
>>>Not much came out of this. They did not recognize the image, and have 
>>>great difficulty reading the text, it's too small.
>>>
>>>They think it might read "Tibetan exile business representative" or 
>>>something towards that. But they were not sure. It could be a logo of 
>>>some organization, or even individual.
>>>
>>>Is the size as large as it is in the book? If you can get a larger 
>>>version, then the text could be read.
>>>
>>>Trausti
>>>
>>>
>>>Ya Sam wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello Trausti,
>>>>
>>>>Thank you very much for your response. I will be glad to hear from you 
>>>>again.
>>>>
>>>>Ya Sam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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