tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Nov 25 16:08:13 2000
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RE: some more translations
> -----Original Message-----
> From: De'vID [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:47 AM
> To: tlhIngan-Hol
> Subject: some more translations
>
>
>
> As I have indicated on this list before, I have been translating
> my e-mail signatures, which I have collected over the years.
>
> Here are some more:
>
> (I think Klingons will enjoy this first one.)
>
> roj neHchugh vay', SuvrupnIS ghaH.
majQa'.
> -- Vegetius
> Flavius Vegetius Renatus
> _Epitoma Rei Militaris III_
> The original Latin is: "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum".
> (Who desires peace should prepare for war.)
>
> Here's another from {tera' bov tIQ}. I'm using {ghojmoHwI''a'}
> for "philosopher", but I'm not quite satisfied with this word.
QubwI''a'.
> I would gladly accept suggestions. I've also broken up the
> original into several smaller sentences and re-arranged them
> for clarity (hopefully!).
>
> jatlh nuv law', /nuvpu' tlhab neH lughojmoHnISlu'/.
tlha'Ha'chuqmo' mojaqlIj, loQ bIQagh. <<nuvpu' tlhab neH lughojnISmoHlu'.>>
vImaS:
jatlh qoHpu' law' <<ghojnIS tlhabwI'pu' neH.>>
> jatlh ghojmoHwI''a'pu', /tlhab nuvpu' lughojmoHlu'pu' neH/.
> nuv law' DIHarQo'. ghojmoHwI''a'pu' DIHarnIS.
mojaq poQlu'bogh DalIjmo' loQ bIQaghqa'. <<tlhab nuvpu' lughojmoHlu'pu'bogh
neH.>>
vImaS:
jatlh QubwI''a'pu' <<tlhab ghojta'bogh QubwI'pu' neH.>>
> -- Epictetus (Discourses)
> We must not believe the many, who say that only free people
> ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the
> philosophers who say that only the educated are free.
>
> And finally, I need a wee bit of help with this one:
>
> The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The
> opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
> -- Niels Bohr
>
> I have:
> {mu'tlhegh lugh ?yoymoHlu'chugh, mu'tlhegh muj moj.
> 'ach mu'tlhegh valqu' ?yoymoHlu'chugh, chaq latlh mu'tlhegh
> valqu' moj.}
>
> I tried various ways to say "be opposite", such as using
> {-Ha'} and {pImqu'}. I feel that {yoymoH} "to cause something
> to be upside down" may be a bit too metaphoric. Also I'm
> not sure what a good way to say "profound truth" is, though
> I like {mu'tlhegh valqu'} "very clever sentence (statement)",
> if sentences can be said to {val} "be clever".
muj mu'tlhegh lugh qaDbogh mu'tlhegh'e' 'ach vItlaHchu' vIt'a' qaDbogh
mu'tlhegh'e'; latlh vIt'a' 'oHlaH.
> What's a good way to say "be opposite"? I tried {rapHa'},
> i.e. {rapHa'moH} "to make un-same", but "un-same" is not
> quite the same as opposite.
jInIDpu'. jIQap'a'?
> --
> De'vID
SarrIS