tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 08 03:57:23 1996
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romuluSnganpu' tlhaQwI' (KLBC)
- From: Roland Fischer <[email protected]>
- Subject: romuluSnganpu' tlhaQwI' (KLBC)
- Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 12:57:14 +0100
romuluSnganpu' tlhaQwI' {a romulan joke | a
joke with romulans}
This is KLBC stuff. (private reminder)
I have been trying to do some
German->English->Klingon translation,
here are the results:
The following is a joke I adapted from
something I heard on
a TV show previously. Translation is
between the brackets
for those of you who have not enough
fantasy...
(or not as much as I have)
romuluS'evnagh*TV show*Daq, {At a
subspace TV show on Romulus,}
romuluSnganpu' yu'mey tlhobtaH. {Romulans
are asking questions.}
wa' romuluSngan yu': {One
romulan asks:}
"nuq cha' *plus* cha'?" {"What
makes two and two?" (2+2)}
latlh romuluSngan jang: {An other
romulan answers:}
"vagh!" {"Five!"}
romuluSngan wa'Dich jang: {The
first romulan answers:}
"Dap 'e'!" {"This is
nonsense!"}
latlhpu' poQ: {The
others demand:}
"latlhSuD yInob! latlhSuD yInob!" {"Give
him another try!" (2x)}
romuluSngan wa'Dich Qochbe' 'ej yu': {The
first romulan agrees and asks:}
"nuq cha' *times* cha'?" {"What's
two times two?" (2*2)}
latlh romuluSngan jang: {The
other romulan answers:}
"vagh!" {"Five!"}
romuluSngan wa'Dich jang: {The
first romulan answers:}
"Dapna' jaj'!" {"This is
definitely DAMNED NONSENSE!"}
latlhpu' poQ: {The
others demand:}
"latlhSuD yInob! latlhSuD yInob!" {"Give
him another try!" (2x)}
QIt romuluSngan wa'Dich Qochbe' 'ej yu':
{Slowly, the first romulan agrees and asks:}
"nuq cha' *times* cha' *plus* wa'?"
{"What's two times two and one?" (2*2+1)}
latlh romuluSngan jang: {the
other romulan answers:}
"vagh!" {"Five!"}
nom latlhpu' poQ: {Quickly,
the others demand:}
"latlhSuD yInob! latlhSuD yInob!" {"Give
him another try!" (2x)}
As usual, I am sure it says something like
{"My first five questions to romulans were
nonsense, because
they always quickly demanded 2:1 change
on their answers."}
Is there any slightest sign of a
possibility to translate 1+1 to
{wa' je wa'} ?
Can we say {cha'cha'} for 2*2 (two times
two, as 20 = cha'maH {two times ten}) ??
lugh yIngIl! {Dare to correct}
Qapla'
nyuD
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