tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 29 14:58:46 1996
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Re: KLBC: Shakespear
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Shakespear
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 17:58:56 -0500
ja' HurghwI':
>"Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?"
>ramjep *chime*-mey DIQoybe''a'?
>I was not sure how to best translate "chimes." There was nothing even
>remotely close.
I don't think {QoQ} "musical sound" is all *that* remote... :-)
{ramjep QoQmey DIQoybe'pu''a'} can be interpreted two ways. If {ramjep}
is considered to be a time stamp, it has a meaning very close to the
Shakespearean phrase. If {ramjep} is considered to be the first noun of
a noun-noun construction, it comes out something like "Have we not heard
the musical sounds of midnight?" or "...midnight's musical sounds?" The
idea isn't quite the same, but I don't think the difference is important.
-- ghunchu'wI'