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RE: KLBC: Questions on word translation



ghItlh SuStel:

>qaSDI' 96-07-10 20:53:23 EDT, jatlh ghunchu'wI':

>>  It sounds an awful lot like you're trying to translate a driver's   
license
>>  or something similar.  DON'T DO IT LIKE THIS! :-)  Don't label a   
bunch of
>>  blanks and fill them in.  Don't attempt to translate "hair:  black";   
say
>>  instead {qIj jIb} "the hair is black".

>If you want to create a form which must be filled out, why not ask   
questions
>or give commands instead of using nouns:

<snip>

>etc.  I have a feeling a Klingon would take his knife, thrust it through   
the
>paper and into the table, and say, "Klingons do not do paperwork!"

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