To what extent should the translation respect the grammar?
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(25-06-2022, 11:46 PM)Torsten wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The existence of a single network allows the conclusion that the whole Voynich text is the result of a single system.

I haven't always agreed with all of Torsten's statements/opinions, but I do fully agree with this one.
It is my strong opinion that there is a single system.
This is mainly demonstrated by the observation that the character set is the same from beginning to end, even when it is written in several different hands.

Still, there are two very distinct flavours of the text. One does not allow the character combination ed , and the other strongly favours it.

Even though there seems to be a short transition stage in the MS, this difference is very significant, and not yet properly understood.

In the 1990's, the linguist Jacques Guy wrote a paper about this difference, concentrating on the occurrence of o vs. e
What he didn't yet realise is that there is a significant difference between words starting with cho and words starting with che.

In the case of che, as in the most frequent B-language word chedy, the e is strongly bound to the ch.

For a word starting with cho, you can remove the ch and end up with another valid word.
With che this is not the case.
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RE: To what extent should the translation respect the grammar? - by ReneZ - 26-06-2022, 11:10 AM

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