Re: Can anyone translate English to Aramaic?

From: Yusuf B Gursey (ybg_at_theworld.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: 19 Aug 2004 18:22:48 -0700

dmckeon@ameritas.com (Dan McKeon) wrote in message news:<61ad99f6.0408190405.779b3b85@posting.google.com>...
> I'm a screenwriter who would like to include an Aramaic quote in one
> of my scripts. The only problem is, I know nothing about Aramaic.
> Can anyone out there transalate the following quote to Aramaic?
>
> "When my day is upon us, a chosen one shall be reborn of body and
> spirit."
>
> There is a religious connotation to this script, so I would prefer
> ancient Aramaic if anyone out there knows it.

Aramaic is not a uniform language. different sects, religions had
their own variant for liturgy and standards and dialects varied
according to geographical region and time. so you need to specify
these.

I am crossposting to sci.lang for the experts there.

>
> TIA,
> Dan

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