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RE: Loose translation "Under foot"

• From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
• Subject: RE: Loose translation "Under foot"
• Date: 30 Apr 97 21:16:02 EDT

ghItlh SuStel
>... One cannot literally translate the slang or 
>colloquialisms of any language into another and expect them to make much 
>sense.  Oh, the occasional saying may work out, but it would be the exception, 
>not the rule.  The problem is not that Klingon is less flexible.  The problem 
>is that we do not know many Klingon slang expressions and colloquialisms.  We 
>know a few, but not nearly as many as we know in English.  There are probably 
>many more in Klingon.  For a good number of Klingon expressions, see TKW.<

Here's one for starters: "pIpyuS yIghor!"
Qapla'
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