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Re: Qo'noS QonoS



SuSvaj asked:

: qen "Qo'noS QonoS" vIlaDchoH.  vItIvbej 'ej Dat vIlaDlaHmeH, navDaq
: vIghItlh 'ej vogh vIghoSDI' vIqem. 'ach vay' taQ vItu'pu'. qatlh "issue"
: mughmeH *chovnatlh* lo'lu'? DIvI' Hol mu'vam mughDI' "Okrand", *jabbI'ID*
: lo' ghaH'e'.

Poetic licence.

{chovnatlh} "specimen" was used for "issue (of magazine)" by the comic
"Starfleet Academy" #18, the special Klingon issue translated IIRC by SuStel et
al. into tlhIngan Hol.  {jabbI'ID} "data transmission" has been used in the
official fan magazine "Star Trek Communicator" #104 (1995), another special
Klingon issue containing a few phrases of Hol supplied by Okrand:

  tlhIngan jabbI'ID le' 
  Special Klingon issue

However, Okrand has also used {jabbI'ID} to refer to a recent email post 
on the old MSN startrek.expertforum newsgroup in a public note to SuStel
(11/96):

  jabbI'IDlIj vIlaDpu'. 
  [not translated]

Since KGT, of course, we also have {QIn} "message" available.  For those
interested, here are his other uses of {jabbI'ID}:

  jabbI'ID pItlh.
  Transmission completed. (ST3)

  janmey ngo' lulo'lu'DI' pIj jabbI'ID nISpu' woj.
  Older models were susceptible to radiation. (SkyBox S19)

  jabbI'ID pup: Qapchu'meH 'aqroS chuq: cha' vI' chorgh loghqammey
  High Resolution - Maximum Effective Range - 3.5 Light Years (BoP Poster)

  jabbI'ID pupHa': Qapchu'meH chuq: chorgh vI' chorgh loghqammey 
  Medium to Low Resolution - Effective Range - 11 Light Years (BoP Poster)

I do see SuSvaj's point.  And, aside from aping Okrand's every usage,
{jabbI'ID} feel a bit more appropriate for an on-line electronic magazine
however.  OTOH {jabbI'ID} is sometimes overly used when more precise vocabulary
is lacking.



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons


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