tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 02 10:37:58 2001
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Two languages, three languages (was: Re: Enterprise)
Sean:
> First, a quick question: Is there any place on the web that has Klingon
> and English texts side by side for comparison, a la _The Klingon Way_? I
> think that would help me get a better feel for how it's used, especially
> how to recast an English sentence to make it easier to say in Klingon.
Some people post bilingually, with more or less strict parallelism, like
the text you quoted:
> >> >Hov leng Sov paqDaq ngoDvam lulaDlu'.
> >> >These facts are in the Star Trek Encyclopedia, from Paramount.
If you insist on side-by-side, Dop Dop je DaneHqu'chugh,
there's a program called ``paro'' ghunlu'ta'. *paro* 'oH pongDaj'e'
that can do that for you in e-mail. 'ej jabbI'IDvaD Qap. jabbI'IDvam
Like this. rur.
The word means ``pair'' in *Esperanto* Hol mu' 'oH mu'vam'e'.
Esperanto... *cha'* *cha' Doch* joq 'oH.
...
> Esperanto, which has an annual congress, but no centralized publications,
Heh, don't knock Esperanto, after a century of use it's a much more mature
language... It's also a lot kinder on the mouth.
Pri Esperanto ne parolu malbonon, post centjaro da uzo, ghi estas la multe
pli plenaghuma lingvo... Ghi ankau la bushon multe malpli dolorigemas.
*Esperanto* [tulwI'] Hol yInaDHa'Qo'! vatlh DIS lo'lu'pu' vaj ta'ta'
nentayDaj. puS je nuj 'oy'.
Saying things three times is a pain.
Ghenas min trifoje chion diri.
wejlogh Hoch vIjatlhnIS 'e' munuQ.
Jiri
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