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Re: }} DIGEST V1 #60

• From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: }} DIGEST V1 #60
• Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:32:19 -0400 (EDT)

According to Matt 'I am man, hear me watch Seinfeld' Treyvaud:
> 
> Y'ello
> 
> Here's a problem: how do you translate 'Nothing vanishes without a 
> trace'? At first I thought 'Nothing which vanishes cannot be tracked 
> down', but this requires both type 5 verb suffixes (-laH and -lu', if 
> memory serves) and is thus naughty. There doesn't seem to be a 
> word for 'trace', as in a noun... so, any suggestions?
> 
>     C /\ T  
>    F /()\ C   voghDaq loSlI' teHwI'
>   C /____\
>     GANTA

qatlho'qu'! I LOVE stuff like this. Back out of the English and
get to the root thought, then use the best Klingon tools to
express the root thought:

Hmmm. This is a better challenge than I first thought... Okay:

ngablaw'bogh vay' tu'laH ghochwI' QaQ.

A good tracker can find anything which apparently vanishes.

Another, perhaps simpler angle:

ngabchu'laH pagh.

Nothing can perfectly vanish.

This second one is probably closer to the original idea.

charghwI'
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