tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 24 01:34:32 1995
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Re: Word for `English'
- From: [email protected] (Arden R. Smith)
- Subject: Re: Word for `English'
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 01:01:36 -0800
>Someone pointed out that {DIvI'} = "federation" as well as "organization" in
>TKD. Indeed so: with a lowercase `f', i.e. a generic, not a proper name. In
>some contexts it may be obvious that the Federation of Planets is meant; but
>there are other federations and organizations which may be variously involved
>at any given time, to need to distinguish between. What is the full proper
>name of THE Federation as in Star Trek stories?
The full name is "The United Federation of Planets" (I'll leave it to the
more adept to come up with a Klingon translation of that). The
cheesy-looking Federation banner that appeared in one of the episodes of
the original series (and consequently in the reference books) bore the
initials "UFP".
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