tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 09 09:28:27 2012
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' wejmaH
>>> MARTIA: Somebody up there wants you out of the way.
> Qov:
>> What does the "up" refer to in the English?
>
> From: De'vID jonpIn [mailto:[email protected]]
> Actually, I'm not entirely sure. She's either referring to someone up in
> space, or up in the hierarchy of the prison, but she's quite vague about it.
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Steven Boozer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Or even higher in the Klingon government. It was General Chang et al. who
> orchestrated Gorkon’s assassination and framed Kirk.
I read "somebody up there" as idiomatic for "someone in power". I'd
translate the line
{SunISlaHbe' neHba' ngupHey}.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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