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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for 2006/10/19

Terrence Donnelly ([email protected]) [KLI Member] 

--- pm5 <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings Warriors:
> 
> Here are the dialogues in [Dilbert comic for October
> 19][1].  I'm
> moving English to the second line to see if those
> translations speak
> for themselves.  The two words "whitepaper" and
> "patent" are left as
> is because I'm not sure if there's equivalent
> concept in Klingon.
> Corrections and advises are appreciated.
> 
>      DIlbot: {qaStaHvIS wa' jaj Hoch Qu'meywIj
> vIrInta'.} (1)
>     Dilbert: "I finished all of my projects in one
> day."
> 
{rIn} is an adjective verb, so {vIrInmoHta'}. You
could also use the verb {ta'} 'to accomplish'.

>      DIlbot: {De'wI'mey vIrarchuqqa'ta', Soch
> <whitepaper> vIghItlhta'
> 'ej Hut <patent> vISuqta'.} (2)
>     Dilbert: "I also reconfigured the network, wrote
> seven white
> papers and applied for nine patents."
>

I don't get {rarchuqqa'} for 'reconfigure'. I might
just go with {lIS} 'adjust'. I believe this would
be a place to use the mysterious {pat}, too:
{De'wI'mey pat} 'computer system'
 
>      DIlbot: {bItuQHa''eghmoHta' pagh porghlIj
> vIlegh 'e' botlaHbe' SutlIj.} (3)
>     Dilbert: "Are you naked or am I developing X-ray
> vision?"
> 

I like your rendering of "X-ray vision", although I'd
use {botbe'choH} instead.

>         pIn: {qa'vIn puj yIqel.} (4)
>        Boss: "Give a thought to decaf."
> 
> 

You are using {-ta'} consistently as if it is a past
tense marker.  I get that you are trying to show
how much you've accomplished, but I would leave it
off after the first use on {rIn}. I think that would
establish that everything is already done, and then
youo wouldn't need to keep repeating it.

-- ter'eS BG

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