Problem:IOL/2003/i1/en
IOL 2003 Problem #1 Transcedental Algebra
In 1916 the Russian scholar Jacob Linzbach invented a universal writing system, which he thought should be understandable to all people, regardless of their native tongue. Linzbach called his new language "Transcedental Algebra".
Several sentences have been written in Linzbach's language and translated into English:
(a) Translate into English:
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(b) Write in "Transcedental Algebra":
13. | It wasn't about them that my husband and I (say: I and the husband) talked. |
14. | The people are working reluctantly. |
15. | The good widow loves the unemployed dwarf. |
16. | You (pl.) will be talked about. |
Explain your solution.
—Ksenia Giliarova