tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Oct 11 12:39:59 1997
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Re: More translation Sentences
- From: "Klingon Ambassador" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: More translation Sentences
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 12:39:47 PDT
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 Qermaq wrote:
>These are for the intermediate Klingonist. I have made them a little
bit
>tricky. Some of these are Recasting 101 excercises. Therefore there are
>occasionally various acceptable ways to say it - but Qov will be the
sole
>arbiter.
I am responding with my translations to test my abilities, and to offer
some sentences which may reveal any problem areas with my compositions.
(I am in training for the stories I plan to write in tlhIngan Hol.)
{{>:-D (a klingon smiley)
>Is walking on this vegetation illegal?
tIvamDaq mayItchugh vaj DIqoplu''a'? <or>
tIvamDaq mayIt Hat'a'? (not my first choice)
>If you cannot communicate, how will you report?
bIQumlaHbe'chugh vaj chay' bIja'.
>Tomorrow we will have conquered Vulcan.
wa'leS vulqan wIcharghpu'.
>The emperor thinks he has new clothes, but he is naked.
Sut chu' tuQlI' 'e' Qub voDleH 'ach tuQbe' ghaH.
>My self-built computer has been infected.
vIchenmoHta' De'wI'wIjbogh ngejpu' rop.
(I considered using the noun-noun construction {De'wI'rop} for "computer
disease" or "comptuer virus", but decided against it.)
>It's tempting, isn't it? But you must not drink the water in the
toilet.
bItlhu', qar'a'? 'ach puchDaq bIQ Datlhutlhbe'nIS.
>Silly Qermaq! You have again forgotten to shine your and *torgh's
shoes.
*torgh* waq waqlIj je DaboghmoH DalIjqa'pu'. Dogh *Qermaq*.
>You must be willing to give someone's arm a knife slash if you want to
join
>our little army.
mangghomHommaj Damuv DaneH vaj DeS vay' Dape'nIS.
>Look out! Can someone see you?
yIqIm! Daleghlu''a'?
>Qov will correct your completed translation. (Yes, do this one too.)
bIH chov Qov, mughghachwIj DarInmoHDI'.
>Qermaq
*Dawut*
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