tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 25 08:54:32 1996
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Re[2]: Criticism (was Re: translation)
- From: [email protected] (Frank M Truelove)
- Subject: Re[2]: Criticism (was Re: translation)
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:39:33 -0400
> There are people who post "I'll be on vacation" in English. This is neither
> in Klingon nor about Klingon, but yet it draws no flak. A Klingon wouldn't
> announce his departure, he would just leave.
Quoting Lawrence: "Well, it's rather pointless to post complaints to someone
who has gone off on vacation, isn't it?"
Okay, bad example.
"On a related (and linguistic) topic, how might one express the concept of
criticism in Klingon? Is it an argument or debate (which suggests the use of
<ghoH>), or would a variation on complain be more on the mark (<bepHa'> doesn't
really work for me). Since we seem to engage in so much of this, for good or
ill, we ought to have a term for it. "
It seems to me that Klingons would call it "correction" or some such [with an
inherent value judgment built in, I suspect]. They might say "More
accurately . . ." or "More precisely . . ." first. Or, can "That would be
better said" be expressed in Klingon?
As far as the noun "criticism", I think "correction" works. "Modification",
"Improvement", etc.