tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 27 01:32:23 1997
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Re: [proposal] translation for directions.
- From: "Anthony.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: [proposal] translation for directions.
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:31:34 GMT
- Organization: Materials Science Centre
- Priority: normal
Philippe Lavoie <[email protected]> wrote:-
> I need to translate north, south, east and west.
> I came up with the followings
> north: jenHov (high star) ########
> south: jenHovQIb (high star shadow) ########
> east: vemHov (waking star)
> west: QongHov (sleeping star)
> I use star because I couldn't find a translation for sun. Maybe I
> should use Hovmar (our star) instead of just Hov. ...
I saw a suggestion to translate N E S W as {He 0}, {He 90}, {He 180}, {He
270}. But a lot of times we would need "north" etc as a noun "the region to
the north of", like with {Dung} and {bIng} etc.
###### If P.Lavoie's email address contains "Ottawa" and ".ca", how come she
is so obviously in the southern hemisphere!?