tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 27 19:21:38 1994
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Re: A thesis on tlhIngan!?
On Tue, 27 Sep 1994 [email protected] wrote:
> Well here's one for ya... There's a story (rumor, actually) going
> around that someone has used their work in translating the Bible to
> earn a PhD. This has led to much bashing of the US system of
> higher education, and to more criticisms of the translators (in
> addition to the usual waste-of-time and weirdness stuff) on another
> forum. This sounds to me like that Ripley's thing on Glen Proechel.
> Personally, I don't think it's possible to do a dissertation based
> entirely on Klingon, but some people are under that impression.
> So, does anyone know of any facts behind this story?
> Oh, and please feel free to share your views on the possible
> role of tlhIngan Hol in any thesis.. Nick, I know you, in
> particular, have had a bit of experience in both the translation
> and thesis areas.
Well, I just checked my list of the translators working on the KBTP and
no one except Nick is going up for a Ph.D. (unless people were not
telling me things). While I can imagine someone like Nick using tlhIngan
Hol quite profitably for a small part of a thesis in linguistics, I have
not heard anything about an entire thesis based on their work on the
project. Of course, I do plan to put it on mpplications when I apply for
Ph.D. work this fall, but that's a different story. Where did you hear
the rumor?
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:: Kevin A. Wilson [email protected] ::
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:: "The way that can be spoken of is not the constant way; ::
:: The name that can be named is not the constant name." ::
:: -- Lao Tzu ::
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