# It is finished!!!! / Ghi estas finita!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219 "2000-12-12T19:01:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219/1 "2000-12-12T19:01:06Z")

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I finally finished the whole first draft of my translation of John Ralston Saul’s _The Doubter’s Companion_ into Esperanto!!!

Now I have to:

1. proofread it;
2. get someone else to proofread it;
3. find a publisher;
4. get permission to publish;
5. have it published;
6. promote it;
7. translate _The Unconscious Civilization_ and _Le citoyen dans un cul-de-sac_ too.

Esperantistoj: gvatu por la eldono de _La Kompano de la Dubanto_!!

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219/2 "2000-12-12T19:05:32Z")

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Bona laboro **matt\_mcl**! Damn, you’re doing better than I am. I just renewed my membership in the ELNA for the third year running and I don’t even know who the samideanoj in the area are. _sigh_

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219/3 "2000-12-12T19:18:53Z")

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Well, hey, congratulations! Does this mean that your translations of _The Horse Whisperer_ and _The Bridges of Madison County_ are that much closer to completion?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219/4 "2000-12-13T00:00:37Z")

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so that’s where you’ve been since the election - congratulations!!

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-finished-ghi-estas-finita/45219/5 "2000-12-13T06:23:40Z")

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Thanks, folks!