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Spanish translation of the book "Turtle Confusion" by Barry Newell
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Flatlander Sentry #6

Closed chuna closed 12 years ago

chuna commented 12 years ago

On page 20, puzzle 09, I found a difficulty translating the riddle, as it contains the compound noun Flatlander Sentry. It breaks the rhyme in Spanish, but the problem is that I really do not understand the MEANING. Is it related to mountaineering? or is it the name of a place?

leorockway commented 12 years ago

Flatlander is capitalized, but sentry isn't. I believe that Flatlander could be a reference to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Since this book is popular among programmers, the author could be paying homage to it. Without knowing the answer to the riddle it's difficult to be sure, but I suggest translating it as centinela de Planilandia. How to make it rhyme... that's a completely different issue.

chuna commented 12 years ago

Thank you Leonardo! This is of great help, there are things in the book that seem to be making reference to programming matters, and as I am not ver into the subject I tend to doubt whether the translation requires more specific terminology or it is just what it is! (as in the case of "pointer") About the rhymes: I am thinking of trying to figure out a neat way to make the riddles rhyme in the near future, it is my homework, I don't know HOW it will turn out, but at least I can try.  Thank you for taking the time to have a look at the issues. You'll probably be hearing from us :) Regards,  Melina

De: leorockway notifications@github.com Para: humitos/turtle-confusion-es turtle-confusion-es@noreply.github.com CC: Melina Lucía Coronel melina_coronel@yahoo.com.ar Enviado: miércoles, 29 de agosto de 2012 23:24 Asunto: Re: [turtle-confusion-es] Flatlander Sentry (#6)

Flatlander is capitalized, but sentry isn't. I believe that Flatlander could be a reference to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Since this book is popular among programmers, the author could be paying homage to it. Without knowing the answer to the riddle it's difficult to be sure, but I suggest translating it as centinela de Planilandia. How to make it rhyme... that's a completely different issue. — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

humitos commented 12 years ago

This is the book that leorockway mentioned: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland,_romance_of_many_dimensions

chuna commented 12 years ago

The translation of Flatlander sentry ended up being "centinela de Planilandia". The riddle could even get a rhyme

humitos commented 12 years ago

Done here: 025f2e63a09102e6f78bdbeb81e14870ad47c57d