Sunday, March 13, 2005
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Once again it's related to local government, this time the free publication Haringey People. At the end of the current issue is an offer "Do you want to access this magazine in your own language?" followed by several format options (large print, on disk, on audio tape, Braille) and several language alternatives. The previously-mentioned Turkish and Somali are included in the list, as well as Bengali, French, Kurdish and today's mystery entry, labeled Shqip). Below I copy the Shqip entry (in its entirety):

A doni të qasni këtë revistë në gjuhën tuaj? Haringey People tani mund të përkthehet në shumicën e gjuhëve falas. Për të rregulluar një seancë me një përkthyes, kompletoni formularin e mëposhtëm.

Of course it would probably be easy to figure out the entry using Google, just plugging in one or two of the words in the entry (or the name Shqip). Much more difficult to try and solve the puzzle without "external resources" but simply my own knowledge about the area (quite limited, I must admit, having only lived there for six weeks), and possibly aspects of the language sample as well. For the moment I am stuck, but I will let some time pass before admitting defeat and googling "shqip". I'll eventually stick a solution in the "comments" section.