tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 06 18:35:33 2000
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RE: Dictionary
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Dictionary
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:37:11 -0700
jatlh jenwI':
> The other day I had an idea... While TKD and KGT are great
> resources for *learning* and *understanding* Klingon grammar
> and usage, I sometime wish I had an English-Klingon/
> Klingon-English Dictionary in *book* form... (with *all*
> the words!) I don't like having to always run back to my
> computer and load up pojwI' (though it is a great piece of
> software).
>
> So how hard would it be to produce such a thing? And would
> Paramount allow it?
It is rather difficult to produce such a thing, but Paramount can do
absolutely nothing to prevent anyone from producing one. What they can
prevent is someone producing one and then selling it or even giving it away.
So you can do what many of us on the list have done: make one for yourself.
It takes a significant effort, but it pays off in two ways. You wind up with
a complete dictionary, and you also wind up with a much better knowledge of
the vocabulary.
I personally use an Access database to track vocabulary, although I admit it
is fairly out of date. With some work designing the database, you can print
a nice looking Klingon-English wordlist, and with some more work, you can do
the same the other way. ghunchu'wI' has done a particularly nice job on his,
printing it in a booklet format that he can carry around if he wants to.
pagh
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