tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 24 22:07:36 1997
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RE: KLBC: Klingon desktop items
ja'pu' qarnoS:
> Klingon: tlhIngan Holvam mu'ghom
> English: The Klingon (Language) Dictionary
ja' SuStel:
>maj.
'ach qatlh <-vam> lo'lu'?
I'm having slight difficulty with a type 4 suffix on the second noun of a
pair. "The Klingons' this language" doesn't settle right in my brain, but
I'm sure it will if I think about it long enough. "This language of the
Klingons" sounds better -- there, I knew it would be okay. :-) But it
probably doesn't mean what qarnoS wants.
Why did you put {-vam} here, qarnoS?
ja'pu' je qarnoS:
> I would also like to hear your thoughts on how to say "Internet",
>"Microsoft"
> and "Mail / message"
ja' SuStel:
>"Internet" and "Microsoft" are both proper nouns (though I've heard lots of
>ideas for "Internet") and need not be translated. See the FAQ section on
>names.
I like {De'wI'mey rarbogh} for "Internet", myself. And I have occasionally
indulged in "translating" Microsoft as {*machqu'tun}, but mostly as a joke.
>"Mail" is easily {jabbI'ID} "data transmission."
Or, depending on exactly what you want to focus on, it could be {ghItlh}.
-- ghunchu'wI'