tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 10 07:17:24 1996
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Re: CD-ROM Anthem
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>Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 09:37:06 -0700
>From: "Ben Warren" <[email protected]>
>Greetings,
>This was first posted on June 13, 1996 by Kenneth Traft. I was just curious
>if his efforts are accurate (no offense intended). Do we have an official
>source for this?
>Qapla'
>> ----------
>> > From: Kenneth Traft <[email protected]>
>> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: RE: "qua-khom"?
>> > Date: Thursday, June 13, 1996 5:01 AM
>>
>> I have been racking my brain trying to interpret that anthem...
>> Trying to match words to sounds was very difficult and then when I was
>> sure I recognized words they didn't make sense together. I finally gave
>up > with this:
>> >
>> > Qoy qeleS puqloD
>> > Qoy puqbe'pu'
>> > yapo mapo je SuvwI'
>> > SeymoH Sube'u
>> > maSuv malang 'ej maSo'chu'
>> > yevbe' 'ej mach chowovchu'
>> > batlh mache'be' 'ejyo pIghar
>> > boQpu' majIgybe' mareH
>> > batlh muta'tu' maybe' maSuvtaH ba' 'oj
I doubt this is official (but maybe Ken has heard from Okrand); it looks to
me like Ken is just doing his level best to write down what he heard (no
easy task, given all the sound and the pronunciations of the actors; that
"Qoy" the way they say it is more like "koy" and could just as well be
"qoy" or who knows what. It's not an easy thing to transcribe from spoken
words.)
I'd think "qeleS" was supposed to be "qeylIS", of course. I haven't
listened to the sound-file recently, but from what I remember this
transcription looks close to the *sounds*. Whether it's close to the
*words* as they were *supposed* to be sung (as opposed to how they WERE
sung) is another matter altogether. I also don't know who wrote the song;
was it Okrand or some ignorant scriptwriter? Until we listen more closely
to the wording, it's hard to guess.
~mark
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