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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Crane / Claw

Steven Boozer ([email protected])



There's a {tepqengwI'} "cargo lift" (i.e. a type of crane not an elevator) shown on the {tep choQ} (cargo deck) of the Bird of Prey Poster.  IIRC it looks like the folded extension arm of a back hoe and appears to be the functional equivalent of a forklift for moving cargo around.


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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felix Malmenbeck [mailto:[email protected]]
> 
> 'uchwI' seems like a decent literal translation of "grappler".
> 
> Since "tractor beam" is <luHwI' tIH>, it mat make sense to refer to
> ENT's grappler as <luHwI' mIr>.
> ________________________________________
> From: Michael Roney, Jr. PKT [[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:34
> 
> Thoughts on translating "crane", like in a crane machine.
> (Some may call it a "claw").
> Or has anyone translated "grappler" like on Enterprise?

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