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RE: quvHa''eghmoH machchu'-tun ghunwI'pu'.

Steven Boozer ([email protected]) 

QeS:
>>One way I might have said "I copy X" is {chang'eng vIchenmoH 'ej wa'
>>vIQay}.  Obviously, other ways are possible.
>
>mujang Voragh, ja':
>>X nIb vIchenmoH  "I make an identical X":
>>  De' nIb DachenmoHchugh bIquvHa'
>>  To duplicate data is a great dishonor.  [DCTF2]
>
>Cool, yes, I'd forgotten about that example! It's perfect here. So for
>lojmIt tI'wI' nuv's sentence, perhaps:
>
>  tInbogh loS De' ghom nIb vIchenmoH vIneHchugh...
>  "if I want to copy four large data sets..."
>
>maybe with a locative noun like {latlh qawHaqDaq} to clarify further.

I've deleted the original message.  Did he want to make four copies of the same data set, or one copy of four different data sets?

I wonder if you could use {lab} "transmit data (away from a place)" for copying data from one computer to another.  I've usually seen it used on the List for posting an email or uploading a file, but isn't that what he's doing?

  ? latlh qawHaqDaq tInbogh loS De' ghom nIb vIlab vIneHchugh...

Examples of {lab} from canon:

  labbeH
  (The device) is ready to transmit data. (TKD) 

  HablI', Su': labbeH. 
  Ready to transmit. (ST3)
  ["Data transceiving device, attention: prepare to transmit." (ghunchu'wI')]

  labmeH 'evnagh Se' lo' tlhIngan QumwI' 
  A Klingon communicator sends a signal through subspace radio. (S19)

  Marc Okrand jIH.  De' potlh vIlab. 
  I am Marc Okrand and I bring you an important message. ('U'-MTK) 

  ghe'naQ Daqvo' QInvam wIlab. 
  We will place a homing device transmitting this message at the site of the opera. ('U'-MTK)

The last two come from Okrand's recent "Message to Kronos" about the opera {'u'}.


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Voragh                          
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

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