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KLBC: Fairy Tale {{:-(
- From: Daniela Berger <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Fairy Tale {{:-(
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:47:24 +0100
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Hello, everyone, hello DloraH!
I just spent about four hours between TKD and my favourite fairy tale
book (I know, not very Klingon reading, hence the emoticon in the
subject...). The result is "SuS'a' Hov boch je" or "The (North-)Wind
and the Sun".
The story is the following:
The Northwind and the Sun (both of which I couldn't directly
translate) argue about who of them is stronger. Because the weather
would suffer, they agree to solve the argument as quickly as possible.
When a man wrapped in a cloak comes by, they decide, that the one who
can "unwrap" the man should be called the stronger one of the two.
The Northwind goes first. He blows and he blows and it gets colder and
colder. But the colder it gets the tighter the man wraps himself in
his cloak. Finally the Northwind gives up.
The Sun just smiles and smiles and the weather becomes warmer and
warmer and after a while it gets too warm for a cloak and the man
drops it. So the Sun managed to achieve with patience what the
Northwind couldn't with brute force.
(oh man, what an unklingonly story...)
and now for the translation:
SuS'a' Hov boch je
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ghoH SuS'a' Hov boch je.
jatlh SuS'a' "jIH HoS law' SoH HoS puS!"
jang Hov boch "Qo', jIH'e' HoS law' SoH HoS puS!"
ghoHghaH lutaHlaHbe' bIH. ghoHlaHchugh vaj chen muD Hujbej.
DaH yItlI' qo'Daq laD.
vaj loD wepDaj je chev bIH Qochbe' Hov boch SuS'a' je.
SuS'a' Hov boch ghap nom law' latlh nom puS 'ej lujbejpu'
latlh.
wa'DIch SuS'a'. HoS naQ lo' ghaH 'ej bov taD ram rur maD
chenmoH ghaH.
loD wepDaj nge'laH ghaH Qub ghaH 'ach lughbe'. HoS naQ
lo'chugh ghaH, wepDaj SoQmoHqu' loD.
"qatlh Hagh SoH?" tlhob SuS'a', "loD wepDaj chevbe'chugh
jIH, vaj loD wepDaj chevbe' SoH!"
SuS'a' mu'mey 'Ijbe'law' Hov boch 'ej HaghtaH. QIt loD
tujlI' Hov boch Hagh. pay' wepDaj poSchoH loD. HaghtaH Hov
boch 'ej loD tuj ghaH. tugh tuj muD 'ej wepDaj tuQnISbe' loD.
vaj wepDaj chaghqu' loD.
QIt Qapla'Daq qem Hov boch HaghDaj 'ach nom Qapla'Daq qembe'
SuS'a' HoS.
Okay, this is the first thing I did in Klingon that has more that one
sentence, and I noticed that I don't yet have a feeling for the order
of the constituents...
I'd be really grateful if someone would have a look at it. There's no
hurry in it either...
Thank you
Daniela B.
P.S.: Yes, I am still working on the artificial language paper!