tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 27 13:34:38 1996
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Re: More Klingon Taglines
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: More Klingon Taglines
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 16:52:12 -0600
>jabbI'IDvam DalaDta''a'?
Did you [manage to] read this data transmission?
>ghItlhvam DalaDlaH vaj tlhIngan Hol Daghajchu'
You can read this manuscript, so you clearly have[?] the Klingons' language.
[Maybe this should be {...Daghojchu'} instead.]
>ghItlhHa'wI' jIH
I am a "miswriter/unwriter."
[This needs some context, I'm afraid.]
>DaH yImej!
Leave now!
>tlhIngan maH!
We are Klingons!
>bortas bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay'-- }}}:-)
(from the appendix)
>rIn tlhIngan wo' jabbI'IDvam
This data transmission of the Klingon Empire is finished.
"END TRANSMISSION"
>wa'leS bImISchugh vaj pa'wIj Daq vISov
If you are confused tomorrow, then I know where my room is.
[This should be {...DaSov}.]
>loQ Haghbogh tlhIngan yIvoqQo'
Don't trust a smiling/chuckling Klingon.
>chay' mughwI' DalaH, Holvetlh Sovbe'chugh?
How can he act as a translator if he doesn't know that language?
>"qaStaHvlS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD" -tlhIngan proverb
(from the appendix)
>vuDlIj vIneHchugh vaj Dochmey'e' ngaSbogh chorlIj vIlaD
If I want your opinion I will read [your entrails].
>Deghmey? Deghmey DIghajnISbe' maH jay'!
"Badges? We don' need no stinkin' badges!"
>tlhIngan DabuSchugh vaj tlhIngan Damoj
If you concentrate on Klingons then you [will] become a Klingon.
>Kahless helps those who help themselves.
QaH'eghbogh nuv'e' QaH qeylIS.
>A Denebian Slime Devil is a tribble built to Klingon specifications.
tlhIngan yIH'e' rur DenIb Qatlh
>rInDI' qepvam "Denny's"Daq maghomjaj
Let's meet at Denny's after practice.
>jIquvHa''egh'pa' jIHeghqang
"Death before dishonor!"
>.. Sometimes it is enough to show teeth, but if you must bite, bite deep!
rut yap Ho'mey 'anglu'ghach, 'ach bIchopnISchugh yIchopqu'!
>Se esperanto placxas vin vi amegos tlhIngan Hol-on.
[sorry, I can only remember how to count to /kvin/ in Esperanto]
>boltaH romuluSnganpu' che'taHvIS tlhInganpu'
Romulans are drooling while Klingons are ruling.
>boltaH tera'nganpu' che'taHvIS tlhInganpu'
Terrans are drooling while Klingons are ruling.
>No Kahless, no victory. Know Kahless, know victory.
[batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj :-)]
>qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD burghDu' ropmoHlaH vutwI' qab
Four thousand stomachs can be sickened in one night by a bad cook.
>HovmeyDaq bejtaHvIS mInDu'wIj qeylIS nejqu' qa'wI'
While my eyes are watching the stars, my spirit seeks[!] Kayless.
>wa'logh bIyIn neH vaj tlhIngan yIDa
You only live once, so act like a Klingon!
>tuQHa'bogh Hovmey bIngDaq bIDal
You are boring under the stars which remove [clothes].
[I don't get it.]
>wa' yIn Daghaj vaj tlhIngan yIDa!
You have one life, so act like a Klingon!
>roj Suvbe'lu'chugh vaj roj Sovbe'lu'
If one doesn't fight peace, then one doesn't know peace.
[Maybe it should be {rojmeH...} or {rojvaD...}?]
>batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj
If he fights with honor thus a warrior comes to know honor. -or-
If a warrior fights with honor a warrior comes to know honor.
>'uQlIjvaD veqlargh Datlhobta' vaj DaH Sop DajabnIS.
You asked the Fek'lhr for your dinner, so now you must serve the food.
How about {'uQwIj chonob'a' veqlargh Datlhobta' vaj DaH Soj DajabnIS}?
> toH, *to'to'*, DaH *qanSaS*Daq maSaHbe'law'.
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto."
> bItlhabbe'choHchugh vaj bIghIQHa'law'
"Incarceration can ruin your vacation."
>jatlh *Hamlet "taH pagh taHbe' 'e' qelnISlu'...."
"To be or not to be, that is the question..."
>SaHbe' qeylIS, SaHbe' yay. qeylIS yISaH, yay yISaH.
Kahless isn't there, victory isn't there.
Care about Kahless, care about victory.
>Endouring the pain is manditory. Suffering is optional.
'oy' DaSIQnISchu' 'ach DabechnISbe'.
>loQ juDuQchugh vaj manIjbe''a'?
"If you prick us, do we not...leak?"
>loQ juDuQchugh 'e' 'Iw wIlIng'a'
"If you prick us, do we not bleed?"
[I think {'Iw wIlIng} can be improved upon.]
>*Daisey, Daisey,* HIjangbej! qamuSHa'mo' loQ jImaw'taH...
*DeySIy, *DeySIy, HIjangqu'chu' yIruch.
qamuSHa'mo' jImaw'law' 'ach jIQuch...
>'oy' DaSIQnIS. poQ ghu'vam 'ach bIbachnISbe'.
You must endure pain. This situation requires it, but you don't need to shoot.
[That's obviously supposed to be {...bIbechnISbe'}.]
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj