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Re: choq vs. toD vs pol

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: choq vs. toD vs pol
• Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:05:16 -0500
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ja' Quvar:
> Okay, this next part is for nitpickers:
> how do you translate "secure"?
>
> I'm translating the following part:
> <<<<
> He said "Secure your gear and follow me." I wasn't sure whether  
> "secure your
> gear" meant bring your stuff or leave it behind.
>>>>>
>
> How do you translate "secure your gear" ?

I understand it to mean "stow, put away", but I can understand the  
writer's uncertainty.  Depending on context, I might translate it as  
{tatlh} or {lelHa'}.

> And even more complicated, how can I make it ambiguous as the english
> phrase?

Try {ngaDmoH}.  It's a farly literal translation of the actual word,  
and could refer to either affixing something well to a backpack or to  
putting it carefully in storage.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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