tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 24 19:58:17 1996
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Re: translation of Mr. Bean
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: translation of Mr. Bean
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:02:43 -0500
Dave Yeung writes:
>How does one say "Mr. Bean" in Hol?
1: Names don't translate.
2: The closest thing to "Mr." in tlhIngan Hol is {qaH} "Sir".
It's still not very close.
>Also, how to say "movie"?
What *is* a movie? Perhaps {lut bejlu'bogh} "a story which one watches".
Or maybe just {lut} -- is the medium actually important to the meaning?
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