tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 25 13:57:06 1997
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RE: Loose translation
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Loose translation
- Date: 25 Apr 97 16:55:54 EDT
ghItlh ghunchu'wI'
>It's probably best not to
>presume too much about Klingon idiom.
Actually, it's always been my belief that any alien race will be completely
different from ours, especially in mentality. I don't dispute with Star Trek
taking artistic licence because they do it well, but -no- idiom would work the
same way, I bet.
I once read a book that mentions an alien race whose language doesn't have
verbs, and that's pretty close to the mark. When you think of that, Klingon
actually seems very similar to English -- nouns, verbs, adverbs, and so on.
In fact, it's strange that any alien would share a concept with another (I'm
thinking of "honor."). Convergent evolution?
Qapla'
qoror