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KLBC: S99

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

Here is the text of SkyBox S99 and my literal translation of it, and then my 
comments and questions.
QU'
loS... qIb HeHDaq, 'u' SepmeyDaq
Sovbe'lu'bogh lenglu'meH He
ghoSlu'bogh retlhDaq 'oHtaH.
HaDlu'meH, QuSlu'meH, SuDlu'meH
lojmIt Da logh Hop Hut tengchaH. 
vaj loghDaq lenglaHtaH Humanpu'.
veH Qav 'oH logh'e'.

The Mission
Space.  At the edge of the galaxy, in regions of the universe - 
(it) which one does not know; a course for one to travel 
which one approaches; it is (being) nearby.  
Far space nine space station acts as a gate for one to study, conspire, 
gamble.  
Then humans can be traveling in space.  
Space (, it) is the final boundary.

In the first three lines there is only one period, at the end, so at first 
glance it seems to be only one sentence.  

What is the head noun that {Sovbe'lu'bogh} refers to?  {-lu} indicates that 
it has no subject; it also has no explicit object, since there are no nouns 
preceding it which can be an object and there is no overt prefix indicating an 
object.  The object could be "it".  

What is the role of {lenglu'meH He}?  It looks like it can only be the object 
of {ghoSlu'bogh}.  Does {lenglu'meH He ghoSlu'bogh} make sense?

{retlhDaq} has to come at the beginning of a clause, since it is an 
adverbial.  

Thus the one apparent sentence is in fact three distinct sentences, 
grammatically unconnected.  I used semicolons to separate them above.

Since the card has no English translation, does anyone have the original text 
that this is a translation of?  

lay'tel SIvten

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