tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 04 19:43:20 1997
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Re: Hamlet translations
- From: "David Lars Chamberlain" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Hamlet translations
- Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 11:35:36 +0800
On Sunday, 05 January 1997 00:00, Holtej wrote:
> "nunnery: lit., squadron of the celibate. (The closest Klingon
> equivalent of a monastic order, these were bands of warriors -- of either
> gender -- who dedicated their lives to fighting, to the point of refusing
> to mate.)
Doesn't this miss the double entendre use by the translator (Shakespeare)
of nunnery: a brothel?
Qapla'
Dave C.