tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 28 13:04:00 2001
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Re: Klingon literature: clipped or flowery?
- From: "William Bowlsby" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon literature: clipped or flowery?
- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:44:31 -0700
I had to interject my opinion on this one here. From what I have seen of the
klingons in the show and how they have acted, story telling is a big part of
klingon "culture". This is how their history is passed down from generation
to generation. It would have to be very accurate, and according to Power
Klingon accuracy is a very important aspect to klingon life. So a few short,
terse sentences would not be apporpriate to klingon lit. The "glory" of
battle and conquest must be told with as much precision as possible. Which
does not mean "flowery" speach, but a story should be told so the listener
knows exatly what happened.
With the occasional emmbelishment where appropriate. }};) (ala Kor from "The
Sword of Kahless")
What do you think?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniela Berger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Klingon literature: clipped or flowery?
>
> Hello, it's me again!
>
> And I have another question.
> When I translated the story about the northwind and the sun, Clayton
> sent me his version, and I noticed that it was a lot shorter. This
> brings me to the question:
> Are Klingons as curt in their literature as they are in their everyday
> conversation? Would an author be called weak or un-Klingon if he used
> more words than strictly necessary?
> This question really made me think when I considered translating "The
> Oval Portrait" for the Poe Project. This story could be expressed in
> -hm- five(?) sentences of Clipped Klingon, and thus be about 90%
> shorter than the original.
>
> So, what do you think: should telling a Klingon a story be like giving
> a report, or is it okay to be more verbose?
>
> Thank you
>
> Daniela B
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