tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 20 15:47:19 1996
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Re: Hell hath no fury...
According to [email protected]:
>
> I haven't posted to the KLI listserv for a while, but I have a question.
> What follows are two different translations of "Hell hath no fury like a
> woman scorned." One is mine and the other is by someone else. I would
> appreciate any comments on which you prefer and why, or alternatively, if
> you have a better idea.
>
> be' temlu'pu'bogh rurbogh QeH ghajbe' ghe''or.
"The netherworld does not have anger which resembles a woman who
has been denied." I suggest that a woman does not resemble
anger, no matter how denied she has been.
I also feel a little squirmy about this use of "deny". I deny a
fact or a request, but I'm not sure I deny a woman.
> be' qImbe'lu'bogh ral law' ghe''or ral puS.
"A woman who has not been concentrated (?) is more violent than
the netherworld." I suggest that {qIm} is much less obviously
transitive than {buS}. Also, I suggest that the violence is
much less an attribute of the netherworld than an attribute of
the occupants thereof.
Perhaps:
be''e' buSHa'bogh bangqoqDaj ral law' ghe'orDaq Hoch ral puS.
Which leads to the uniquely Klingon Courtship Proverb:
jIblIj DaSay'moH rut 'e' DawIvchugh vaj Do'Ha'.
> qatlho'
>
> wIghbe'
charghwI'
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