tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 01 07:31:11 2005
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Re: Miranda Warning
Voragh:
> >Don't forget the noun {DIb} "privilege, right". Our only known example is
> >the {bortaS DIb} "Right of Vengeance" (KGT).
According to TKW (p. 121) this is a Klingon legal right. Kor tells Worf in
DS9 "The Sword of Kahless": "A Klingon who denies himself the Right of
Vengeance is no Klingon at all."
> > You might preface it with
> >something like {DIbmeyvam Daghaj [net Sov]} "You have the following
> >rights".
QeS la':
>So would, say, {bItammeH DIb Daghaj} "you have the privilege of/for
>remaining silent" work?
Sure. I don't know whether translating the idiom works in Klingon, but the
object of {ghaj} "have, possess" can certainly be something intangible or
abstract:
pIch vIghajbe'
It's not my fault. (TKD)
De' pegh vIghaj.
I have secret information. (PK}
tlham ghaj
"have gravity" [slang for "have structure, order" (KGT 165)
quv lughaj Archer HoD beqDaj je.
Captain Archer and his crew are honorable people. (ENT "The Augments")
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons