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>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




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