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Let's talk about transliterating English words ending with -nt
First, consider the Tok Pisin transliterations below. Can you word out what the words are? What is the difference between transliterations on the right and on the left? Komitmen vs Amaunt Gavamen vs Peint Divelopmen vs Plent Spelling rule: Tok Pisin spelling rule states that there should not be any consonant clusters at the end of transliterated words, but we have a problem. Problem: If we remove -nt cluster at the end of the words on the right, we end up with meaningless wor

Deborah Salle
Jan 91 min read
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My Literary Art of Tok Pisin Legal Translation 29/03/24
Strategy 2. Develop Strategy for Translating English Adjectives CHANGING ADJECTIVES INTO COMPOUND NOUNS Any English sentence containing...

Deborah Salle
Mar 29, 20241 min read
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