tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 16 19:56:01 1996
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Re: RE: Purpose clause
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: Purpose clause
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:56:30 -0500 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
vImughmeH jIQubnIS, 'ach jIQubqangbe' vaj vImughbe'.
jIpaSmo' jItlhIj.
charghwI'
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 16:23:34 -0800 David Trimboli
<[email protected]> wrote:
> December 10, 1996 1:41 PM, jatlh HomDoq:
>
> > > vImughmeH jIQubqangbe'.
> > > I was not willing to think in order to translate it.
> > >
> > I'm just curious. Is there canon evidence to prove that the
> > Klingon works the way the English does? bc for me, the Klingon
> > says that translating it is the purpose of my unwillingness
> > to think, while I would translate the _meaning_ of the
> > English as I understand it by {vImughmeH jIQub vIneHbe'}.
>
> It's a good question, and one which has bugged me in the past, too. I'm
> afraid I don't have an answer to that. Anyone?
>
> There's an easy way out:
>
> jIbuD vImughDI'.
>
> --
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