tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 24 07:43:39 2001
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Re: Patience makes perfect
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Patience makes perfect
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:45:19 -0800
lab SarrIS
> It never ceases to amaze me how little interest beginners have in
> expressing
> their own ideas in Klingon. Always, they seek to translate something so
> profound that they almost certainly don't understand it deeply enough to
> really translate it. They choose poems and songs and ancient texts;
> anything
> but their own thoughts. Too often, the effort ends up insulting the
> original
> text and the language it is being translated into.
taghwI'pu'vetlh vIyaj jIH.
pIlmoH tlhIngan Hol mu'tay' le'. mu'tay' laDtaHvIS, pay' <lutlhbe'
mu'tay'!> tlhoj. <qechmey potlh 'oSlaHbej!> jatlh. motlh, Hol chu'
ghojchoHtaHvIS vay', mu'tay' nap Hev. vaj mu'tlheghmey nap qon. <*New
York*Daq vIDab. *Dave* 'oH pongwIj'e'. De'wI' tej jIH. wejmaH loS ben
jIboghpu'.> mu'tlheghmeyvetlh tInuD! tlhIngan HolvaD napbe'
mu'tlheghmeyvetlh. pa' loS mu'tlheghmey lutu'lu'. tlhIngan Hol
vIghojchoHDI', wa' neH wISovbej. ghaytan TKD neH ghaj chu'wI'. vaj wa'maH
loS ben ghu'wIj rur chu'wI' ghu'.
chu'wI'pu'vaD Qu' vIchup. paQDI'norgh tIQ yImughQo', napHa'mo'. yInlIj'e'
yIDelQo', nImoghmoHmo' mu'mey DIHutlhbogh. Hov leng much ngo' yIDel
(yImughQo', yIDel neH). nap qechmey. yap mu'tay'. bIQaplaH. 'ej ghaytan
tlho' Hoch.
I have a suggestion for the newbies. Don't translate ancient teachings, on
account of their complexity. Don't describe your own life, as the words we
lack will frustrate you. Describe old Star Trek episodes (don't translate,
just describe). The ideas are simple. The vocabulary is sufficient. You
have the ability to succeed. And likely everyone will appreciate them.
jItagh ...
I'll start ...
mIch Hop ghoSlI' DIvI'may'Duj. HoDvaD jatlh Qel: loj yaS wa'DIch QoghIj!
tat tlhuDbogh QuQ tu' jonwI'. yuQ ghoS. yuQvetlhDaq Qol HoD Qel yaS
wa'DIch je. (QoghIj Hutlhbogh yaS wa'DIch'e' yItlaHmoH jan). yuQDaq bIr
muD. pa' loDpu' qIH, 'ach QIp loDpu' 'ej lutlh. QolwI' ghom lujon be'pu'.
QIplaw' je be'pu', 'ach 'Itlh chamDaj. loDpu' 'uSDu' jojDaq QIghpejHey
jomta'. morghDI' loD, 'oy'qu'. (tlhaQbej DawI' qabDu'!) ...
much lutvam rInmoH neH'a' vay'?
Qov