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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