tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 31 17:36:47 1998
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RE: word for glory?
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: word for glory?
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 17:36:07 -0700 (PDT)
[email protected] wrote:
>
> > Stardate 9807.31
> >
> > Greetings.
> >
> > Thank you all for the comments on this thread,
> > each has been helpful and informative.
> >
> Maybe I'm oversimplifying, but what about /batlh'a'/ for glory?
If something like honour, but an order of magnitude greater, is what
you're expressing with the word "glory" than /batlh'a'/ fills the
bill. Just because a particular Klingon word translates a particular
English word once, doesn't mean it will do it in another circumstance.
Always translate concepts, not words.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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