tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 28 05:53:15 2007
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 20, 2007
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 20, 2007
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:51:36 +1000
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ghItlhpu' po'mIn, ja':
>Greetings Warriors:
qavan je! qaStaHvIS poH nI' QInmeylIj vIleghbe'pu'.
>pIn: {'alIS, boplIj law' Hoch 'ay' bop puS, 'ach pegh De'vetlh.}
I understood the use of {'ay'} for "section" or "department", but that was
mainly because I had the English gloss to assist. Perhaps you could specify
with something like {malja' 'ay'} "business section" ({malja'Hom}, even?).
Also, ter'eS has already corrected the spelling, but even with that
correction I wouldn't say that {pop} "reward" is particularly appropriate;
to me it sounds more like a one-off bonus awarded for exceptional work,
rather than a regular payment for services rendered. Other opinions may
differ, and that's just my take on it.
With that said, "your salary is the highest in the department" may be better
recast to something along the lines of {malja' 'ay'Daq Huch qaDIltaHbogh tIn
law' Hoch tIn puS} "the money that I continuously pay you is the highest in
the department", with the relative clause {Huch qaDIltaHbogh} "money that I
keep paying you" standing in for the English "salary". I'm not happy with
using {tIn} for describing the quantity of one's salary - clearly {law'}
would be better - but I'm thinking it would sound too repetitive even to
Klingon ears. {Huch qaDIlbogh law' law' Hoch law' puS}?? Grammatical, but a
little odd to my ear. Or you could do as KGT describes (I forget the exact
reference), using a different pair of antonyms as replacements for the {law'
- puS}. I'd suggest {tIn - mach} "big - small".
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>pIn: {not to'vetlh vIlo' 'e' vIHarbe'.}
Qov's suggestion of a {-pu'}-perfective for {vIlo'} is excellent.
>Doqbot: {toH, je boplIj law' Hoch vu'wI' bop puS.}
Watch the placement of {je}; as an adverb, it should go after the verb it
modifies. Otherwise, use {'ej} instead.
vItIvqu'pu'. yImughtaH!
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QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pab po'wI' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language
Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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