Translating a sentence of "The Scientific Ape"

[Álvaro Vallejo]

Hi,

In The Scientific Ape, the sentence "And therefore we shall take babies, concluded the doctor" is translated as
".i lu ja'o ma'a ba kavbu lo cifnu li'u".

I would translate it as "".i lu ja'o ma'a ba kavbu lo cifnu sei le prije cusku li'u"

Is this last an improvement over the original translation?

Thanks.

[Pierre Abbat]

You need "cu" or "ku" after "le prije". I suggest "famsku"; maybe someone has
a better suggestion. I'd avoid "sei" when the who-says phrase is at the end
and say "...li'u se famsku le prije".

Pierre
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Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen.

[Jacob Errington]

" sei le prije cusku" is missing a {cu}.

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