tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 06 07:33:17 1994
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Re: your mail
>Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 17:10:16 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>According to [email protected]:
>>
>> subject: KLBC - New words
>> midshipman - botlh Dujbeq or beqHom
>Well, first, you presume that there is an equivalent rank among
>Klingons. Maybe they don't.
Yes. and I don't think "botlh Dujbeq" is really a good move... it's too
obviously a translation. beqHom is pretty good basically a low-ranking
crewman.
>> messanger - De'nobwI'
>{De'qengwI'} might be better. Even then, this is not a standard
>word, so others may not understand it.
Think about Duy or 'oSwI'; they do nicely.
>> major (of city) - vengqumwI'
Or maybe vengpIn. charghwI''s points are also valid.
~mark