tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 24 05:09:54 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] qoH SuS je bopbogh lut'e'
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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>ghItlhpu' nIqolay, jatlh:<br>> I attempted a translation of the famous "the wind does not respect a<br><div>> fool" story. I took the English text from the episode "Rightful Heir"<br>> where Kahless's clone recites the story. The only changes I made were<br>> to use third person instead of first person (since presumably most<br>> people who want to tell the story are not Kahless), and also to use<br>> "stone and brick" instead of "stone and mortar", simply because we<br>> have a word for "brick" and not one for "mortar".<br><br>Well... no, not strictly. {ngogh} is really more "block" or "chunk" than "brick" specifically; we've seen it used to describe, among other things, pillows and loaves of bread. <br><br>taH:<br>> "Long ago, a storm was heading toward the city of Quin'lat. The people<br>> sought protection within the walls. All except one man who remained<br>> outside. [Kahless] went to him and asked what he was doing. I am not<br>> afraid, he said. I will not hide my face behind stone and [brick]. I<br>> will stand before the wind and make it respect me. [Kahless] honoured<br>> his choice and went inside. The next day, the storm came and the man<br>> was killed. The wind does not respect a fool."<br>> <br>> ben law' QInlat veng ghoS jevbogh muD.<br><br>Hm. I'm not overly comfortable with {muD} to mean a specific weather phenomenon - only the weather in general. {jevbogh SuS} is probably all you need here.<br><br>> yergho qoDDaq Qan'egh Hoch ghotpu'. HurDaq ratlh wa' loD neH.<br>> ghaH ghoS qeylIS 'ej ghel. jatlh qeylIS, nuq Data'. jatlh loD, vIghIjbe'lu'.<br><br>maj.<br><br>> nagh ngoch je<br><br>{ngoch} means "policy". The word you're looking for is {ngogh}.<br><br>> 'emDaq qabwIj vISo'Qo'. SuS tlhopDaq jIQam 'ej muvuv SuS 'e' vIraD.<br>> wIvDaj laj qeylIS 'ej qoD jaH. jaj veb paw jevbogh muD 'ej loD HoHlu'.<br>> qoH vuvbe' SuS.<br><br>Well put Klingon. majQa'!<br><br>QeS<br></div> </div></body>
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