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Re: quraq's proverb--KLBC

From: Jiri Baum <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: quraq's proverb--KLBC
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:38:27 +1000
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> > neH jagh maj jagh Hegh
> > The only good enemy is a dead enemy

DloraH:
...
> jagh QaQ  ghaH  Heghta'bogh jagh'e' neH 
> But if you put it this way, you don't have to say "dead", he's just as
> good if he is still merely in the process of dieing,
> jagh QaQ  ghaH  Heghbogh jagh'e' neH
> or:  Heghchugh neH jagh, QaQ jagh

How about:
  QaQmeH HeghnIS jagh.
  (To be good, the enemy must be dead.)

Or, in the spirit of the ``surrender or die'' translation...
  Heghbe'chugh vaj QaQlaHbe' jagh
  (If not dead, the enemy cannot be good.)

Jiri
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References:
- quraq's proverb--KLBC
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- Re: quraq's proverb--KLBC
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