tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 30 06:53:06 1995
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Re: Word for `English'
- From: "ADM::RSORENSEN"@tiny.computing.csbsju.edu
- Subject: Re: Word for `English'
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 8:52:40 -0600 (CST)
Arden R. Smith had written, in part, in response to the question:
What is the full proper name of THE Federation as in Star Trek stories?
>
> The full name is "The United Federation of Planets" (I'll leave it to the
> more adept to come up with a Klingon translation of that).
In TKD, Okrand supplies a translation which I think was " yuQjij DI'vI' "
(I don't have my dictionary handy right now - sorry if I got it wrong). I
remember it translating back to English as federation of cooperating
planets.
...'ej vaj tlhetlh
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