tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 02 07:14:58 1996

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Re: traitorous translators

nughItlh la' Qob Sutay-qutvaj [I refuse to mix spelling systems!]:

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I had to look up the Italian, but "traduttori traditori" becomes 
{maghwI'pu' chaH mughwI'pu''e'} in Hol.  Obviously, Okrand was 
trying to remind us of something.  (Lawrence, perhaps we ought to 
adopt an "unofficial" motto for the KSRP!  <g>) 
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'IHqu' jay'! [That's $%^&in' LOVELY!]

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(I'm unsure if the Hol should be singular or plural; I recall the saying in
English as being singular but my Webster's gives it as plural. YMMV.)
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I've seen it both ways in Italian (-e -e singular, -i -i plural). 
In English it merely rhymes.

     marqem, tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom -- Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'! 
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