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Re: Ranks

• From: TPO <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Ranks
• Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:31:42 -0400 (EDT)

>In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, they address Worf as Colonel
>Worf.
>
>In Klingon for the Galactic Traveler, Okrand doesn't even list "Colonel". 
>Did he forget about the rank of Colonel or was that a holdover from the
>Classic era? What about a word for "Major"?

Here in the US, a colonel is the same grade as a navy captain.
The words in KGT are not a direct translation because the rank structures
are different.  The english words listed in KGT are just a rough equivilent.
There is room for varience.


DloraH

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