tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 05 10:41:10 2000
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Re: Ranks
- From: "Paul B. Duke" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Ranks
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
DloraH,
qatlho'bejqu'
I hadn't even thought about equating naval ranks to army/air force ranks.
majQa'
Kavok
> >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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