tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 14 09:42:42 1998
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RE: Text for web page
- From: "Rose, Thornton (Atlanta)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Text for web page
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:42:28 -0400
> > I am building a web page on which the user can switch between
> > an English rendering and a Klingon rendering, but I am not sure
> > about my translations. So, I am looking for a little assitance
> > from the grammarians.
> >
> > - "Search" --> {nejghach}. I know that putting {-ghach} on
> > naked verb is unorthodox, but it seemed to fit better in
> > the context. I also considered {nej} and {nejwI'}.
>
> Certainly use /nej/. What happens when you choose that link? You get
> to search. It isn't 'a search.' Consider that in English such a link
> is often called "find." They aren't claiming that what's behind the
> link is "a find." They are giving you the opportunity "to find"
> something. Use the verb. If you must use a noun, /nejwI'/ is ideal
> for "search engine."
>
> > - "Help" --> {QaH}, which luckily is both a verb and a noun.
> >
> > - "Home" --> {juH}.
> >
> > - "Target" --> {DoS}.
> >
> > - "Go" --> {jaH}.
>
> Consider also /ruch/.
Thank you. /ruch/ fits better.
> > - "Hits" --> {qIpghachmey}, which again is probably stilted.
>
> Think Klingon. What is a "hit"? How about /Qapla'mey/ - successess.
> Or /Samlu'/ "found".
/Samlu'/ fits better, too. Why should I use the indefinite
subject prefix /-lu'/, though, instead of the perfective
prefix /-pu'/?
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~ Thornton