tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 02 05:10:28 1994
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Re: KBTP: cumulative vocabulary?
- From: joel peter anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KBTP: cumulative vocabulary?
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 94 17:06:07 CST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Mar 2, 94 3:05 pm
> >Question for online KBTP participants:
>
> > Is there/has anyone thought to compile a "lexicon of terms" for
> > translators?
>
> I know that Kevin Wilson has discussed this with me already, and there is
> some effort in the works to come up with such a list.
Good. I await information regarding such.
> >*DevwI'wI' 'oH joH'a''e', jineHbe' * The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
> *
> Actually, I kind of like the one I posted a few weeks ago better.
Ok, I'll let you like yours if you let me like mine. I won't argue
("tlhingan jIHbe'").
> "QorghwI'wI'" gets the meaning across better than "DevwI'wI'", or perhaps
> "muQorgh joH'a'". "'oH" is the wrong pronoun for this: if you're using
Dev, "guide" appeals to me; lacking a 'real' word for shepherd, I chose
"guide", and you chose "take care"; maybe Ha'DIbaHyuvwI' would be better?
Lacking a lexicon at work, I forget, doesn't 'roi' for "my shepherd" come
from watch over? Maybe something could be constructed to be "overseer?"
> "-wI'" for the possessive, and thus indicating that God is sentient, then
> you'd better use "ghaH", not "'oH". "want" in the English is an old usage,
But.... *then* it doesn't fit on one line neatly.
> it doesn't reflect what the original meant. The usage is really intended
> to convey "lack". That is, The Lord is my Sheperd, so I lack nothing" (I
> think some versions use this translation. It's a better one).
The Klingon all-purpose-greeting "Whaddya-Want!" makes the neH verb appealing.
I could maybe see "jineHbe'! DevwI'wI' 'oH joH'a''e'!"
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*jineHbe'! DevwI'wI' 'oH joH'a''e'!* The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.*