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RE: DCKL translation problems: constellation Tracker

qurgh lungqIj ([email protected])



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Subject: DCKL translation problems: constellation Tracker
> 
> Hello.
> 
> this is described on the KCD, but I can't start the program.
> Just correct me if I'm wrong, is this "constellation" same as 
> "Sternbild", like Orion, Cassiopeia and Eridani are constellations?

Yes, it's a star constellation. 

The story goes:

One day Kahless decided to leave the Klingon people, he pointed to a star in
the constellation of the Tracker and said that he would return one day at
that location.

The Klingon people later setup a monastery on the planet Boreth that circles
that star.

> Then next, what's this constellation's name? 
> 
> I mean, what's a "tracker", {ghochwI'}?
> One thing that "tracks down"...
> 
> Do'Ha' DIvI' Hol vIjatlhlaHchu'be', vaj jIyajbe'.
> 
> Qap'a' mu' <aufsp|ren, zur Strecke bringen> ?
> That would be in the sense of "track down a deer" or "track 
> down a criminal"

As for the meaning of the name, it's most likely a fictitious Klingon
historical character that anthropomorphizes an aspect of Klingon culture.
Tracking prey or enemies in order to capture/kill them. I think your on the
right track here :)

qurgh
teH pagh. Hoch chaw'lu'.



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