tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 20 12:16:27 1995
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RE: A sentence which I really don't think translates well into Klingon.
- From: Will Martin <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: A sentence which I really don't think translates well into Klingon.
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:26:28 -0500
- Encoding: 43 TEXT, 56 UUENCODE
With a subject marked like this, I couldn't pass it up...
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From: Matt Treyvaud, P.A.[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 1995 10:27 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: A sentence which I really don't think translates well into
Klingon.
'Seek out the darkest place.'
Qu'lIjvaD Daq Datu'nISbogh Hurgh law' Hoch Hurgh puS.
Simple way to do it: <Hurghqu'bogh Daq yISam> (seek the very dark place).
This would work for me in most instances.
But I would really like the dark_est_ place. So here is my somewhat
pitiful attempt:
Check out my attempt. Since the superlative seems most important to you, I
started with a focus on using the comparative law/puS construction and then
tried to adapt your meaning to it. Since you are trying to link the place
you must find with the darkest place, the best linking tool for one noun
with two functions is a relative clause.
Meanwhile, these don't fit the imperative all that well, so I figured the
best delcarative construction I could find to convey the imperative sense.
vogh Hurgh law' Hoch Hurgh puS. Daqvam yISam.
(somewhere's darkness is darker than everything. Seek this place.)
But I'm not sure about using <vogh> like that. How about:
{vogh} works for me, though the overall tone sounds more poetic than
conversational. If it is spoken by a mystic, perhaps it would work well.
Daq Hurgh law' Hoch Hurgh puS. Daqvam yISam.
(A place's darkness is darker than everything. Seek this place.)
This sounds similarly mystical/poetic.
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