Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
50
181
Most kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone.
Most Kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 50, Sentence #181)
Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
50
178
You two, with glaives, prepare to meet the second".
50
179
This utterance apparently came out, as I had hoped it would, as something unintelligible in kur.
50
180
This translator, as I had hoped, was either not capable of handling English or, if it could, then, at least, it was not currently set to English.
50
181
Most kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone.
50
182
Too, few kurii understand spoken Gorean without a translator, and few can do little more than produce a grotesque mockery of human phonemes.
50
183
To be fair, of course, few humans can do much with the phonemes of kur either.
50
184
As an analogy one would not expect a tiger, even an intelligent, rational tiger, if such could exist, to recite Shakespeare well, and a Shakespearean scholar would not be likely to soothe or satisfy a kur audience with a rendition of even the simplest of their revered poets.
You two, with glaives, prepare to meet the second".
This utterance apparently came out, as I had hoped it would, as something unintelligible in kur.
This translator, as I had hoped, was either not capable of handling English or, if it could, then, at least, it was not currently set to English.
Most kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone.
Too, few kurii understand spoken Gorean without a translator, and few can do little more than produce a grotesque mockery of human phonemes.
To be fair, of course, few humans can do much with the phonemes of kur either.
As an analogy one would not expect a tiger, even an intelligent, rational tiger, if such could exist, to recite Shakespeare well, and a Shakespearean scholar would not be likely to soothe or satisfy a kur audience with a rendition of even the simplest of their revered poets.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 50)