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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for 2006/10/16

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected])

• From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for 2006/10/16
• Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:34:52 -0700 (PDT)
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--- pm5 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings Warriors:
> 
> I'm trying to catch up the schedule.  Here are the

And we're trying to keep up with you! 8+)

> dialogues in [comic for
> October 16][1], followed by my translation. 
> Obviously I didn't do the third
> sentence very well.  How to translate the hesitative
> "um... ?" (Do Klingons
> hesitate?)  Corrections and advises are appreciated.
> 
>     Dilbert: "I stayed up all night working on
> Mindy's software because
>               she threatened me if I didn't."
>      DIlbot: {wa'Hu' ram Hoch mInDI patvaD vIvumtaH
> mubuQmo'.} (1)
>

Verbs with subordinating suffixes (eg. {-mo'})usually
 come first in the sentence.  We don't have a canon
word for "software", but we do have a verb for "to
program" (go figure!), so you could work around it
that way. I don't really like {ram Hoch} for 'all
night', so I'm proposing a different phrase. Also,
I'm repeating Mindy's name, which Klingons don't
seem to mind as much as we do.

{mubuQmo' mInDI wa'Hu' ram naQ mInDI Qu' vIghuntaH} 


>        Boss: "Really? Threats make you work all
> night?"
>         pIn: {'oH teH'a'? ram Hoch bIvumtaH 'e'
> DabuQlu'mo''a'?} (2)
>

Instead of {teH}, try the verb {vIt} 'to tell the
truth'.  The rest needs re-working: if you are using
{-mo'}, you wouldn't use the {'e'}, but I think I'd
go with a different word order:

{bIvIt'a'? DabuQlu'chugh vaj ram naQ bIvumtaH'a'?}
 
>     Dilbert: "Um... No?"
>      DIlbot: {ghobe'.} (3)
>

I have used {ghm} before for "um", figuring that the
unusual letter pattern would make clear it isn't
a regular word.

 
>        Boss: "Work on this all night or I'll punch
> you."
>      DIlbot: {ramvam Hoch Qu'vamvaD yIvumtaH pagh
> yIbech!} (4)
> 
>

How about the verb {mup} 'to hit, strike': {pagh
qamupbej!}.

-- ter'eS

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