Comments | hillhouse: Shot in the dark.

hillhouse

Shot in the dark.

Aug 31, 2009 18:26

Does anyone reading this read/write or know anyone who reads/writes farsi?

Comments 6

uptightfish September 1 2009, 01:53:37 UTC

i know someone who doesn't read/write it herself but most of her family does.

hillhouse September 1 2009, 02:27:05 UTC

Do you know her well enough to pass an e-mail or two on to her?

uptightfish September 1 2009, 04:07:15 UTC

yes, but i don't know her relatives

hillhouse September 1 2009, 04:22:45 UTC

Hmm. I need to learn a new language anyhow.

luxobscura September 1 2009, 02:12:53 UTC

just forward whatever it is to the NSA. They'll know what to do.

*cough*gitmo*cough*

hillhouse September 1 2009, 02:25:36 UTC

Well thanks for getting me tagged for no-fly consideration! Kidding. I'm trying to translate a few sections of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam back to its original persian. About as harmless as you can get, but google translator has me ready to tear my hair out even after distilling the rubaiyat down to its most basic message. Short of paying $500 for an original copy, learning the language myself, or settling for a translation so vague as to lose all meaning, I'm fucked.