tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 09 04:05:30 1996
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Re: name [KLBC]
- From: [email protected] (Ford Prefect)
- Subject: Re: name [KLBC]
- Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 21:07:50 +1000
ghItlhpu' ghunchu'wI':
>> [snipped, my attempt at a really hard phrase translation...]
> nuqjatlh? mujunchu' qechlIj.
jIQoS. naDev 'oH QIjghaghwIj'e':
Oops.
Okay, here is my explanation of this line:
1. I couldn't find a satisfactory explanation of something being 'on' a
television programme, so I had to use {-vaD}, unless someone has a better
suggestion
2. I am sure that {yab 'oH} is "It's the mind, [or at least "It's _a_ mind"].
3. The dreaded {pong} question ...
{'ej DaHram, {yab 'oH}vaD, And tonight, on "It's the mind"
[And now-night, for <It's the mind>]
{<Dey ja vu> pongtaHbogh wanI''e' wInuD We examine the phenomenon of De Ja Vu,
[We examing an event which is called
{Dey ja vu}]
Oh. I see what has happened here:
1. I mis-typed {Doch} "thing" as {Dogh} [oops].
2. Now that you mention it, it does look rather disgusting. I am having
trouble translating my own writing!
3. Oh, shit. Look, this is the last time I try to write to this list in a
hurry to get to a lecture. I put a damn {-taHvIS} on a noun!!
{rut Doch Huj wIHotbogh} .. the strange feeling we sometimes get
[the strange thing which we sometimes feel]
{'oH wIHotpu'pa' vay'taHvIS wIyInpu' 'oH} ...
Yeah, this is messy, it should say this in English:
"that we've lived through something before"
I should have said "that we've lived while something was ocurring", but I
obviously wasn't thinking at the time.
> qarbej. nuq DaghItlh 'e' DanID jay'?
Of course, all I was trying to say the whole time was basically that the
message from <DTriomboli> was mailed to the list twice; but I tried [unwisely]
to use a Klingo-Pythonic line in the message. Bad move. I supposed I learned
to read the message and reversetranslate it before I send it :)
Qapla'
Ford
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