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== What is a Conlang Relay? ==
 
== What is a Conlang Relay? ==
  
A conlang relay is a translation relay involving only [Conlangs conlangs].
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A conlang relay is a translation relay involving only [[Conlangs|conlangs]].
  
 
A translation relay is "a linguistic game in which a text is translated from one language into another, with each subsequent translation relying only on the most recently completed translation. The result is amusingly linguistic and semantic drift."  (from [http://www.langmaker.com/ Langmaker.com]'s [http://www.langmaker.com/db/eng_translationrelay.htm Neologisms]).
 
A translation relay is "a linguistic game in which a text is translated from one language into another, with each subsequent translation relying only on the most recently completed translation. The result is amusingly linguistic and semantic drift."  (from [http://www.langmaker.com/ Langmaker.com]'s [http://www.langmaker.com/db/eng_translationrelay.htm Neologisms]).
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== Past Conlang Relays ==
 
== Past Conlang Relays ==
 
Listed are conlang relays, past and present, the Northern Hemispherical seasons they took place, and the moderator
 
Listed are conlang relays, past and present, the Northern Hemispherical seasons they took place, and the moderator
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/valdyas/taal/hanleni_halsen/ First Conlang relay]; Summer 1999, [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/ Irina Rempt]
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* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/valdyas/taal/hanleni_halsen/ First Conlang relay], dubbed the "Starling Song" relay ([http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas/taal/hanleni_halsen/index.html secondary link]); Summer 1999, [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/ Irina Rempt]
dubbed the "Starling Song" relay
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* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/bastrelay2.html Second Conlang relay], entitled "Wisdom of Bast"; Autumn 1999, [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen Sally Caves] (<span style="color: red;">'''404'''</span>)
[http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas/taal/hanleni_halsen/index.html First Conlang relay (secondary link)]
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* [http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap/onaila/relay/ Third Conlang relay], entitled "Bliss of a Fairy"; Spring 2000, [http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap Nicole Perrin] (<span style="color: red;">'''404'''</span>)
* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/bastrelay2.html Second Conlang relay]; Autumn 1999, [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen Sally Caves]
 
entitled "Wisdom of Bast"
 
* [http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap/onaila/relay/ Third Conlang relay]; Spring 2000, [http://www.geocities.com/nicole_eap Nicole Perrin]
 
entitled "Bliss of a Fairy"
 
 
* [http://www.geocities.com/laopooh/tsiressa/relay.html Fourth Conlang Relay]; Summer 2001, [http://www.geocities.com/laopooh/ Shreyas Sampat]
 
* [http://www.geocities.com/laopooh/tsiressa/relay.html Fourth Conlang Relay]; Summer 2001, [http://www.geocities.com/laopooh/ Shreyas Sampat]
 
* [http://relay.pii.firespeaker.org/relay.html?r=1 First Planetpii relay]; Summer-Winter 2001-2002, [http://firespeaker.org/ Jonathan North Washington]
 
* [http://relay.pii.firespeaker.org/relay.html?r=1 First Planetpii relay]; Summer-Winter 2001-2002, [http://firespeaker.org/ Jonathan North Washington]
 
* [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/relay5/ Fifth Conlang Relay]; Winter 2001-2002, [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/ Irina Rempt]
 
* [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/relay5/ Fifth Conlang Relay]; Winter 2001-2002, [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/ Irina Rempt]
* [http://nik_taylor.tripod.com/relay/ Sixth Conlang Relay]; Spring-Summer 2002, Nik Taylor
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* [http://nik_taylor.tripod.com/relay/ Sixth Conlang Relay] ([http://nik_taylor.tripod.com/Conlang/relay.html original participants list]); Spring-Summer 2002, Nik Taylor
[http://nik_taylor.tripod.com/Conlang/relay.html original participants list]
 
 
* [http://www.angelfire.com/super2/bobgreenwade/Relay7.htm Seventh Conlang Relay]; Summer-Autumn 2002, [http://www.angelfire.com/super2/bobgreenwade/ Bob Greenwade]
 
* [http://www.angelfire.com/super2/bobgreenwade/Relay7.htm Seventh Conlang Relay]; Summer-Autumn 2002, [http://www.angelfire.com/super2/bobgreenwade/ Bob Greenwade]
 
* [http://steen.free.fr/relay8/relay.html Eighth Conlang Relay]; Spring 2003, Pete Bleackley
 
* [http://steen.free.fr/relay8/relay.html Eighth Conlang Relay]; Spring 2003, Pete Bleackley
* [http://www.quandary.org/~langs/relays/relay9.html Ninth Conlang Relay]; Spring 2004?, Amanda Babcock
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* [http://www.quandary.org/~langs/relays/relay9.html Ninth Conlang Relay] (a.k.a. "The Borromean Relay"); Spring 2004, Amanda Babcock
a.k.a. "The Borromean Relay"
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* [http://steen.free.fr/relay10/ Tenth Conlang Relay] (a.k.a. "The Olympic Relay"); Summer 2004, [http://steen.free.fr/ Jan van Steenbergen]
* [http://steen.free.fr/relay10/ Tenth Conlang Relay]; Summer 2004, [http://www.valdyas.org/irina/ Irina Rempt]
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* [http://www.kunstsprachen.de/relay11/ Eleventh Conlang Relay] (a.k.a. "The Primordial Soup Relay"); <span style="color: red;">date unknown, master unknown</span>
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* Twelfth Conlang Relay (a.k.a. "The Lost Relay"); Summer 2005, [http://langmaker.com Jeffrey Henning]; <span style="color: red;">results unposted</span>; [http://wiki.frath.net/Conlang_Relay_12 rogue posting of results]
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* [http://www.conlang.info/relay13/ Thirteenth Conlang Relay] February-March 2006; [http://www.conlang.info/ Henrik Theiling]
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* [http://www.conlang.info/relay14/ Conlang Relay 14] December 2006 - February 2007(?); Roger Mills
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* Reverse relay
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/relayrule.html Rules for the Conlang Relay Game] by [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen Sally Caves] is a good reference, but are followed only on the Conlang list (whence originates Conlang relays, but anyway).
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* [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen/relayrule.html Rules for the Conlang Relay Game] by [http://www.frontiernet.net/~awen Sally Caves] is a good (read: the original) reference, but are followed to varying degrees of strictness.
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* [http://steen.free.fr/relay10/old_relays.html Complete list of participants in all Conlang Translation Relays]

Latest revision as of 05:07, 8 July 2007

What is a Conlang Relay?

A conlang relay is a translation relay involving only conlangs.

A translation relay is "a linguistic game in which a text is translated from one language into another, with each subsequent translation relying only on the most recently completed translation. The result is amusingly linguistic and semantic drift." (from Langmaker.com's Neologisms).

The idea is that a text is translated by a moderator into their conlang, sent to the next participant in the conlang with reference materials on the conlang, translated by this next participant to their conlang, and sent on in the same process. The last participant sends their translation on to the moderator who makes the final translation. Each translation has a corresponding English translation, which is sent to the moderator. The moderator's job is to organise a compilation of the results.

Past Conlang Relays

Listed are conlang relays, past and present, the Northern Hemispherical seasons they took place, and the moderator

Resources