GR translations: omuhona
János Széky
miksaapja at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 01:48:20 CDT 2011
Omuhona means chief, yes, but it is also a general honorific. Browsing
the net I found a text mentioning Omuhona Macmillan, that's the former
British prime minister.
I don't think any non-English words in the source text should be
translated to the target language but I don't know how this rule works
in a Chinese cultural and linguistic context.
János
2011/7/19 Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com>:
> P101.41-42 ... We make Ndjambi Karunga now, omuhona...
>
> P103.25-26 "Omuhona....Look at me. I'm red, and brown...Black,
> omuhona...."
>
> Enzian addresses Captain Blicero as "omuhona". The published translation
> translates it as "chief". Is that appropriate in this case? Or is there
> another meaning?
>
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