tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 11 06:15:51 1997
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Re: KLBC: De'wI' mu'mey
On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, HurghwI' wrote:
> I've been working on making my desktop more Klingon, and I've come up with
> the following translations for various icons:
We go through these now about twice a year; you may want to check the
archives to see what we've discussed before. Most of your suggestions,
though, sound the same as what we've done before.
> De'wI'wIj - My Computer
> qawHaq - Hard Drive
> De' polwI'Hom - Diskette
> De' gho boch - CD/ROM
> De' polwI' - Removable Disk
> veQ polwI' - Recycle Bin
I use /veQ ngaSwI'/
> De' *chem* lengwI' - Internet Explorer (I know <chem> isn't a word, it was
> the closest I found)
What do you call Network Neighborhood? I say /De'wI' veng/. For Windows
Explorer, I say /SamwI'/. So, for Internet Explorer, I put these ideas
together, and come up with /De'wI' veng SamwI'/.
> ghom - Directory (i.e. Program Group)
> HablI' - Eudora
> jabbI'ID - E-mail message
> De'Hom - file
> chuSwI' - speakers
> pat Qap - OS
>
> No breakthroughs here, but I wanted to see if there were any ideas.
>
> -HurghwI'
--Holtej
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