tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 21 21:21:17 2001
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Re: KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
ja' Qov:
>Doj. Daqmey'e' not Suchpu'bogh Humanpu' DaleghlaH.
>[Impressive. You can see places that humans have never visited.]
motlh Hoch pem Hov Sum vIleghlaH jIH. not pa''e' Suchbej Human.
motlh Hoch ram Hovmey Hop vIlegh. vIleghmeH jan le' vIlo'nIS.
[I can usually see a nearby star every day. Humans will surely never visit
*there*. I can usually see faraway stars every night. I don't need to use
an instrument in order to see them.]
>chorgh ben Hov bejmeH yaHDaq jIvum.
>[Eight years ago I worked at a star watching duty station (an observatory).]
De'vetlh vISovpu'be'. nuq 'oH Qu'lIj'e'?
[I didn't know that. What was your job?]
>not tlhoy tIn <telescope>.
>[A telescope is never too big.]
Dejchugh, tlhoy tInpu'.
[If it collapses, it was too big.]
>not tlhoy Hurgh ram.
>[The sky is never too dark.]
He wovmoHwI'mey vImuS.
[I detest street lamps.]
>qaStaHvIS yInwIj, wa' maS neH vIleghpu'.
>[In my life, I have only seen one moon.]
Hov bejmeH yaHDaq bIvumta' 'ach "Jupiter" maSmey Daleghta'be''a'?
[You worked at an observatory but you haven't seen the moons of Jupiter?]
HISuch. "telescope"-wIj lutlh wIlo'.
[Visit me. We will use my primitive telescope.]
SoHvaD loS maSmey vI'ang.
[I will show you four moons.]
Do'Ha' qepHomwIj jaj qaSchoHDI' choS 'eS "Jupiter" 'ej ghIrlI'.
[Unfortunately, on the day of my qepHom, when twilight begins to occur,
Jupiter is low and setting.]
ngugh leghlu'chu'be'.
[It is imperfectly seen then.]
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh