What is the meaning and/or usage and/or origin of the word "translarian",
as found on this webpage:
http://www.avataroverdrive.com/avatar_journal/vol8_4/table_of_contents.htm
If meaning, usage and origin can all be ascertained, all the better.
If none can be determined, feel free to venture opinions.

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Clarification of Question by sublime1-ga on 23 Aug 2002 23:03 PDT

I should say: feel free to venture "educated" guesses...

Hi sublime1,

  Good day and thanks for your question.
  
  The word translarian is not a dictionary word. It is not listed in
either Webster's or Oxford dictionaries. In fact, the site you
mentioned is the only webpage listed on search engines (I checked
Google and AllTheWeb) that contains the word.

  A posting back in Dec 1995 by Alex Kashko in the Usenet group
sci.lang asks the same question. However, it is the only message in
the thread, and an answer was never posted. The URL :
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Translarian&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=818676542snz%40galdr.demon.co.uk&rnum=1

  Trans is a common english root meaning across. eg. Transnational
means across nations.

  Already mentioned in the comment by angy-ga, the author talks about
additional layers of belief. Hence, translarian could possible mean
across the layers (of belief).

  It could be that the author's message is one which connects the
various (layers of) beliefs of a person, which normally fight against
each other (inner fighting).

  Have a good day and thank you for using this service.
  
Cheers,
aditya2k

Search

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Request for Answer Clarification by sublime1-ga on 24 Aug 2002 11:14 PDT

aditya2k...

I submitted this question as an exercise of experiencing
the asker's viewpoint, as recommended in the latest 
researcher's newsletter, and illustrated here:
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=55256

It has been, as suggested, an educational experience.
The main thing that occurs to me is that when I got an
email telling me that a researcher had answered the
question, and went to the question, which said
"needs attention", when I clicked on the question,
the first thing I see in bold red type is:
"Please add a rating to this question.", rather
than, say, "Please ask for a clarification, if 
necessary, before rating this question".

This would seem to make it imperative that, when
submitting an answer, researchers close with a
suggestion to that effect, which you didn't do.
I suspect we can improve our ratings if we
remind the customers of this part of the process.

As for the word translarian, you are correct that
it is not a dictionary word. It was "coined by
the author" as guessed in the usenet thread
which I hadn't thought to search, so good job
for including it. And I was pleased with your
examination of the root word "trans". What
was not clear was whether you'd done any
research for the root meaning of "larian" or
"lary", as in vocabulary or constabulary,
or perhaps "laria". If you did such research,
it would benefit me to know it before rating 
the question or having to post a clarification.
If you didn't research this, I wish you would.
Without that information, the question seems
only half-answered, and inclines me toward
a half-rating.

I do know enough of the usage of the word to
be certain that angy-ga's guess, which you
incorporated into your answer, is not correct,
though it was a fair guess, given the context.

Thank you, in advance, for your continued efforts.

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Clarification of Answer by aditya2k-ga on 24 Aug 2002 12:27 PDT

Hi sublime1,

   To start with, I didn't know you were a fellow researcher. Not that
it should make any difference in the way I answer. It is rather
surprising, rather shocking to see in red bold letters..."Please rate
the question". I agree with you that we should add some additional
text like "Please ask for clarification before rating". But, I wonder
if the Googleys would appreciate such a thing.

   Coming to your question about translarian, yes, I did explore the
possibility of the word lary being involved. However, lary is a type
of bird, and given the context of the author's message, the chances of
a bird being involved is highly remote.

   Lari is another word which I explored, but its the unit of currency
in Georgia (country).
 
   However, the first word which came to mind was lar. There are a
couple of meanings of the word, lar...
Lar - A tutelary deity or spirit of an ancient Roman household
lar - A species of gibbon
lar - In India, a lar is referred to a bunch of crackers (fireworks)
Obviously, the above can be discounted.

I didn't try the word laria out. However, when I tried it now..I only
get an acronym as a result

Hence, I came at the conclusion. The reason why I didn't post the
above is due to the price. Now that I know that the asker wants
information to the fullest, I guess answering a $2 question should be
like answering a $25 one.

I wish I could conduct an educational experience like this, but alas,
I don't have a credit card which I can use on the net.

Out of curiousity...what is translarian? :-)

Cheers,
aditya2k

The researcher was most accommodating in responding to my request
for clarification, and in assisting me with the process of 
researching the experience of asking a question. Thank You!!!

Aditya2k-ga...I will post a comment, after rating the 
question, regarding your questions.

Click on the link "Designing our own reality" and you will find Harry
Palmer stating - among other things - "Identity is composed of and
defined by the additional layers of beliefs that are added to our
essential self!"
So my guess is "translarian" is his word for "across the layers."

aditya2k...

You wrote "...I wonder if the Googleys would appreciate
such a thing."

Yes! In the July 25th Researchers Newsletter, they noted:
"...we recommend that you include a statement along the
following lines at the end of your answer: "If this answer
does not meet your needs, please request clarification
before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this 
further." The newsletters are a resource well worth 
exploring for up-to-date tips and guidelines.

As for translarian, the best clue for its meaning is in 
the quote above it, to which it refers as a "Translarian
Message":

"Oh, my ancient companions, wake from your long sleep,
there is so much I have to show you."
http://www.avataroverdrive.com/avatar_journal/vol8_4/table_of_contents.htm

This would imply that the message is from a group of
ancient spirits known as the Translarians, or that the
author of the words is receiving them in an altered
state of expanded consciousness, and has coined the 
word translarian to describe this process.

The former explanation would represent a close fit
to the meaning you located for Lar, as a "tutelary
deity or spirit of an ancient Roman household",
and the latter explanation could fit this as well,
if taken to mean "across or through the Lars".

It's currently still a mystery, but the author,
Harry Palmer, has many such messages, and his
readers are hopeful that he will oneday publish
a book called "The Translarian Messages", with
an explanation of the origin of the word.

Thanks again for your collaboration in this
two-fold experiment.

sublime1-ga