tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 15 20:56:30 2001
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Re: I had an idea, I don't know how...
> This is the infamous and evil "Question As Object" dilemma. Some people
> will scream at you that it must be allowed, and others will do the same
> saying it's not. I tend to believe the latter. At least, while it
doesn't
> violate any rules, it doesn't "work" in Klingon.
Yeah, I know about that argument, and I try and stay away from it. I didn't
even think about it when I doing this translation.. personally I like the
QAO, but I don't use it, and won't use it until the situtation has been
resovled. You know, if we all ask Marc, Bart Simpson style, maybe he will
give us an answer? ;)
> However, I find the idea of Klingons constantly asking rhetorical
questions
> a silly one. Luckily for us, there's an easy solution to this particular
> example:
Heh, true. I doubt a Klingon would ask a rhetorial question, but then I was
50% asleep and doing it more as a translation exercise. I like to stump
myself with problem like this, only problem is, if I can't get the answer I
stay awake until I do :)
> DaHjaj QapHa' De'wI'wIj. meq vISovbe'.
>
> Sometimes we're not so lucky to have a convenient noun like /meq/ to do
> things like this. In these cases, the sentence must be reworded.
Yeah, I didn't think about that. I was more fixed on the idea of "I don't
know <question word>" and not go into the QAO situation.
qurgh