Category: Conlang Year
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Day 304: October 30, 2024
Goal: Write up a formal section on the translation Note: Highlight grammatical features and words that stand out. Tip: Make this fun for you—focus on what you like most about your translation! Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Include the translation you did in your language’s grammar document to showcase your conlang’s grammatical features in action. Write up…
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Day 303: October 29, 2024
Goal: Review and clean up the translation Note: Check to make sure the full text feels cohesive in your conlang. Tip: It can help to work backwards from your language back into English. Work focus: Organize/Plan/Structure Now that you are finished with the translation, spend time today reviewing it and cleaning up any areas as…
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Day 302: October 28, 2024
Goal: Translate the final section of the text Note: Double-check nouns and verbs, especially, making sure they are inflected as needed. Tip: A quick spot-check on the previous sections can get you ready for today’s work. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Translate the final section of the text. It can help to do a quick spot-check on…
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Day 301: October 27, 2024
Goal: Translate the third section of the text Note: Be mindful of any grammatical features you need to incorporate. Tip: Keep up the good work and get ready for the final push! Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Keep going with your translation, tackling the third section of the text. Be mindful of grammatical features that need to…
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Day 300: October 26, 2024
Goal: Translate the second section of the text Note: Keep looking for areas where you might shift wordings to better fit your language. Tip: If a section is harder than you anticipated, you can change up how you divided the text. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try Today’s goal is to translate the second section of the text.…
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Day 299: October 25, 2024
Goal: Divide the text into four sections and translate the first Note: Put together all your foundational work and smooth out the translation as you go. Tip: The sections of translations don’t need to be of equal length. Work focus: Learn/Brainstorm/Try First, take a moment to divide the text into four sections—you will tackle one…
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Day 298: October 24, 2024
Goal: Update your document and dictionary as needed Note: Add in any new forms you created so they are documented. Tip: Be sure to make a note of any forms’ functions that were extended. Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Take some time today to update your conlang’s grammar documentation and dictionary to make sure it is up…
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Day 297: October 23, 2024
Goal: Create grammatical forms you need for clauses Note: Look closely at any adposition phrases, verb expressions, and nominal functions. Tip: You may extend the uses/functions of structures you already have. Work focus: Create/Make/List Go through the text again, focusing this time on the grammar and looking for any grammatical forms you need to create.…
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Day 296: October 22, 2024
Goal: Update your dictionary to include new forms Note: Add in the new forms (or new definitions for old forms). Tip: You may come up with new forms that naturally evolve from your work! Work focus: Solidify/Write/Share Use today to update your dictionary with the new forms you created yesterday, making sure to expand any…
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Day 295: October 21, 2024
Goal: Create the forms you need to fill gaps you’ve identified Note: Consider creating basic roots, derived, and/or compounded forms. Tip: Keep looking for ways to use words you already have (e.g. polysemy). Work focus: Create/Make/List Yesterday you focused on the lexical gaps in your language (or at least those that show up in your…