tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 18 06:41:56 1997
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Re: Stardate
- From: Terrence Donnelly <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Stardate
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 08:39:51 -0500
At 04:00 AM 7/18/97 -0700, muHwI' wrote:
>HovjajvaD wIja'chuqta'.
>mughlu'meH -Hov- -jaj- je lo'lu'taH 'e' ramqu'.
>*Hovjaj* lo'lu'taH 'e' pIm.
>tera' DIS wavlu'ta' *into* netlh *units*.
>
>After all that discussion about stardate I believe that it is not important
>to include the words Star and Date into the translation. Using the _stardate_
>is just a different way of telling time by dividing the year in ten thousand
>units. Since stardate was "invented" by the UFP, in Klingon it could be
>something like *'ejyo' poH* or *DIvI' poH*, meaning "the federation's time".
>
>(maybe we should leave this to SuStel, when he comes back)
>
No need to. As I noted, there _is_ a new canon word for Stardate and that word
is HovpoH. So the case is closed. As for whether you think Klingons use
stardates or if you yourself want to use them, you're free to do whatever
you want. But the word itself is now canon.
>muHwI'
>Stardate 97543.8 (U.T.)
>
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