tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 24 03:39:58 1996
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: "grape" in the Gospel of Mark was: Word borrowing in Kl
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: "grape" in the Gospel of Mark was: Word borrowing in Kl
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:39:38 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
"Dr. Maciej St. Zieba" <[email protected]> translated Bible matter:-
> 1. No man putteth new wine into old bottles - ngaSbogh DIr ngo'Daq HIq chu'
> lan pagh (2,22)
> 1a. New wine must be put into new bottles - ngaSbogh DIr chu'Daq HIq chu'
"Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]> replied:-
> I wonder why he didn't just use "ngaSwI'" instead of presuming on the
> (Terran) practice of putting wine into skins? (these are Nick's lines or
> yours, macheq? I presume Nick's, since you present them as quotes).
Because Jesus's remarks here depended on the wine being kept in skins, which
can be burst by pressure of fermentation gas inside if the wine is new and
still fermenting, and not in containers strong enough to stand any internal
pressure. Likely a Klingon translation intended for Klingons would need a
footnote here explaining this.