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KLBC: Just shoot me now...

• From: "Jason/Paula (see sig)" <[email protected]>
• Subject: KLBC: Just shoot me now...
• Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:19:25 -0600

I've followed this list for a couple of months now, and have started 
learning the language.  I've studied koine Greek and Latin, but the 
amount of feedback and immersion that this and other resources provide 
make tlhIngan Hol the language I have the best chance of actually 
becoming proficient in!  Ironic.

  At work today I saw a phrase on a screensaver that I decided to make 
my first experiment at translating:

     "Just shoot me now..."

  My attempt:

     DaH HIbachqu'

  I think the syntax is correct, but it's too emphatic.  The original 
has a sense of resignation that I don't know how to express in tlhIngan 
Hol.  I don't think "neH" would be appropriate; it's more to limit an 
action than express an underlying sentiment.  Perhaps the entire idea of 
resignation is un-Klingon, and the comment is without accurate 
translation?

  Comments, etc. welcome.

Jason, the (as yet) unnamed
-- 
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
                      -- Socrates

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