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A '''conlang relay''' is a translation game involving conlangs.  It is similar to the game called by names such as Telephone or Chinese Whispers, where a message is whispered from person to person, often in the process being changed beyond recognition.  Instead of by whispers, in a relay the text is passed by translation:  it is translated from the conlang it is received in, into one's own conlang, and then passed to the next person to be translated.  The resulting text is generally much changed; a tendency noticed in early relays was for the original texts to mutate into creation myths.
A '''conlang relay''' is a translation game involving conlangs.  It is similar to the game called by names such as Telephone or Chinese Whispers, where a message is whispered from person to person, often in the process being changed beyond recognition.  Instead of by whispers, in a relay the text is passed by translation:  it is translated from the conlang it is received in, into one's own conlang, and then passed to the next person to be translated.  The resulting text is generally much changed; a tendency noticed in early relays was for the original texts to mutate into creation myths.


[[Conlang Relay 15]] began on March 31st 2008; some of the results are already hosted here, others will be posted eventually.
[[Conlang Relay 17]] will begin in February 2010.


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.valdyas.org/mailman/listinfo/relay CONLANG Translation Relay] — mailing list for organization of conlang relays
* [http://www.valdyas.org/mailman/listinfo/relay CONLANG Translation Relay] — mailing list for organization of conlang relays
* [http://steen.free.fr/relay10/old_relays.html List of participants in previous relays]  
* [http://steen.free.fr/relay10/old_relays.html List of participants in previous relays]  
* [http://dedalvs.free.fr/relay/oldrelays.html David J. Peterson's list]  of old relays and their participants — very complete up to Relay 14, LCC2 relay, and Inverse Relay #1
* [http://dedalvs.free.fr/relay/oldrelays.html David J. Peterson's list]  of old relays and their participants — very complete up to Relay 16, LCC2 relay, and Inverse Relay #2
* [http://www.theiling.de/cgi/relay.cgi Preliminary Relay Scheduler] at [http://www.theiling.de/ Theiling Online]
* [http://www.theiling.de/cgi/relay.cgi Preliminary Relay Scheduler] at [http://www.theiling.de/ Theiling Online]


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* [[Conlang Relay 12]]
* [[Conlang Relay 12]]
* [http://www.conlang.info/relay/relay13.html Conlang Relay 13]
* [http://www.conlang.info/relay/relay13.html Conlang Relay 13]
* [http://www.conlang.info/relay14 Conlang Relay 14]
* [http://dedalvs.com/relay/previous/lcc2summary.html LCC2 Relay]
* [http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/i/jimhenry1973/conlang/inverse1/inverse.htm Inverse Relay 1]
* [[Conlang Relay 15]]
* [http://qiihoskehmisc.googlepages.com/JMain.htm Conlang Relay 16]
* [http://dedalvs.com/relay/previous/lcc3summary.html LCC3 Relay]
* [[Inverse Relay 2]] (incomplete)
[[Category:Collaborations]] [[Category:Conlang relays]]
[[Category:Collaborations]] [[Category:Conlang relays]]

Revision as of 01:41, 3 February 2010

A conlang relay is a translation game involving conlangs. It is similar to the game called by names such as Telephone or Chinese Whispers, where a message is whispered from person to person, often in the process being changed beyond recognition. Instead of by whispers, in a relay the text is passed by translation: it is translated from the conlang it is received in, into one's own conlang, and then passed to the next person to be translated. The resulting text is generally much changed; a tendency noticed in early relays was for the original texts to mutate into creation myths.

Conlang Relay 17 will begin in February 2010.

External links

Former relays