tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 18 19:45:16 2001
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RE: KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Qov [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 5:50 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
>
>
> lab tuv'el
>
> > KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
> >
> ><telescope> chu' vIghaj.
> >tagha' vIghajmo' jISey.
>
> Doj. Daqmey'e' not Suchpu'bogh Humanpu' DaleghlaH.
>
> [Impressive. You can see places that humans have never visited.]
>
> >wej vI' cha' vagh 'uj jan 'oH 'ej cha'maH jav 'uj 'aD.
>
> <telescope>vaD juvmeH mI'mey vISovbe', 'ach mI'mey ghoHmeH neH jangmo'
> latlhpu' Do'Ha'.
>
> [I don't know the numbers for measuring telescopes, but it's unfortunate
> that others responded only to dispute numbers.]
choDuQ.
[Ouch]
cha'ben *telescope*mey ghajbogh nuv'e' vISov. mI'wI' ghaHpu' vaj vISovpu'
'ach *telescope*Daj DelchoHDI' mumer.
[Two years ago I knew a guy who had telescopes. He had been a dancer, so I
already knew him, but when he first described his telescopes to me, he
surprised me.]
*telescope*mey law' ghaj. 'op chenmoHpu' ghaH. jIHvaD *teleskope*mey 'ang
'e' lay'.
[He had many telescpes. He had made some of them. He promised to show me his
telescopes.
cha' jaj tetlh. Hegh.
[Two days later, he died.]
not *telescope*meyDaj vIlegh.
[I never saw his telescopes.]
'IQmo' lutvam vIjatlhbe'pu' 'ach mutIchmo' Qov jIjangnISlaw'.
[I didn't tell this story because it was sad, but since Qov insulted me, I
felt I needed to respond.]
> pov QInlIj 'ej Daj.
>
> [Your message is excellent and interesting.]
>
> >chaq loQ mach, 'ach machqu'be.
>
> chorgh ben Hov bejmeH yaHDaq jIvum.
>
> [Eight years ago I worked at a star watching duty station (an
> observatory).]
>
> pa' cha' <telescope> tIn tu'lu'.
>
> [There were two large telescopes there.]
>
> not yon QulwI'.
>
> [Researchers are never satified.]
vaj QulwI' jIHlaw'.
[Then I must be a researcher.]
> not tlhoy tIn <telescope>.
>
> [A telescope is never too big.]
tInchugh ram. machchugh ram.
[Size doesn't matter.] {{:)>
> not tlhoy Hurgh ram.
>
> [The sky is never too dark.]
tloy Hurgh mI'Qo'bogh qa' neH.
[Only a spirit that refuses to dance is too dark.]
> not tlhoy HoSghaj De'wI'.
>
> [The computers are never too powerful.]
>
> not Hovmey 'Iq leghlaH.
>
> [They can never see too many stars.]
chaq vIQIpchugh Hovmey 'Iq leghchoH.
[Maybe if I hit them, they will begin to see too many stars.]
> >ram Hoch, Daqmey tamchuqtaHvIS <Jupiter> maSmey, vIbejtaH.
>
> qaStaHvIS yInwIj, wa' maS neH vIleghpu'.
>
> [In my life, I have only seen one moon.]
>
> ><Saturn> bavbogh DI gho vIleghta'.
>
> DI ghomey DatoghlaH'a'?
>
> [Can you count the rings?]
>
> luchevlu', qar'a'?
>
> [They are separated, right?]
>
> ><Venus> muD 'engmey vIleghta'.
>
> tIDel. chIS'a'? ghor luHuvHa'chu''a'? vIH'a'?
>
> [Describe them. Are they white? Do they completely obscure the planetary
> surface? Do they move?]
>
> >yuQ'a' <Uranus> vInejlI'.
>
> DaqDaj Delbogh De' Daghaj'a'? DaqDaj DaSIm'a'? chay' nejmeH Daq DawIv?
>
> [Do you have data that describes its location? Do you calculate its
> location? How do you select a place to look?]
>
> >tugh ghopDap vItu' 'e' vInID.
>
> chu'wI' DaSamchugh DaponglaH, qar'a'?
>
> [If you finda new one you can name it, right?]
ghaytanHa' qaS ghu'vam.
[This is not likely to happen.]
pong ghajnISbogh Hov rur ghewmey ghajnISbogh SuvwI'.
[Stars need names like warriors need bugs.]
> >ghaytan jIQap.
>
> DoS yIQIp.
>
> [uhh ... how to translate half of an aphorism? Maybe I'll cite Yoda. "Do
> or do not."]
> Qov
nuq 'oH wa' jorlI'bogh DoS wab?
[What is the sound of one target exploding?]
SarrIS