tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 19 09:55:40 1995
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KBLC: Replacement Proverbs
- From: "Silauren, Half-Elven" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KBLC: Replacement Proverbs
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:55:38 -0400 (EDT)
not *Asia*Daq puHveS yItagh.
not *Sicilian* yIqaD, HeghvaD bISuDchugh.
(does anyone have opinions as to the wording of my translations?
originals supplied if it is necessary, but i doubt it will be. as an
alternate to the last sentence, i thought <...HeghvaD bISuDtaHvIS.> would
work as well. comments? originals at bottom.)
*vISI'nI': qech'e' buSlaHbe'bogh vay' 'oH!
*'InIgo: mu'tlheghvetlh Dalo'taH.
qechmeylIj'e' 'oS mu'tlheghvetlh 'e' DaQublaw'bogh
'oS mu'tlheghvetlh 'e' vIQubbe'ba'.
--naQ'avwI'
*&* Silauren, Half-Elven *&* J. Silauren Greene
*&* <nuqneH. *'InIgo**montoy'a'* 'oH ponglIj'e'.
*&* vavlI' DaHoHta'. yIHegh'eghrup.> -- from the Princess Bride
*&* [email protected] http://sunsite.unc.edu/quack
original English:
Proverb #1: Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
Proverb #2: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Dialogue:
Vicini: [it is] Inconcievable!
Inigo: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you
think it means.