tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 06 17:48:49 2002
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RE: could somebody check this translation for me?
- From: "DloraH" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: could somebody check this translation for me?
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:48:33 -0500
- Importance: Normal
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> space
> logh
maj
> the final frontier
> veH Qav
Hmm, this doesn't sit well in my mind, but I'm having trouble coming up with
something better.
wej Daq Qav ghoSlu'bogh (/wej/ being "not yet", not "three")
wej Sep Qav ghoSlu'bogh
I'm not really happy with these either. Hmm.
> these are the voyages of the starship Enterprise
> 'entepray' 'ejDo' lengmey 'oHvam
> I know {'oHvam} is a bit dubious but I like it myself...
What I see might be a problem is that sometimes pronouns act like nouns,
sometimes they act like verbs. Here it is acting like a verb and has a noun
suffix.
Plus, the english is "THESE are the ...", which would be /bIH/.
> its continuing mission
> taHbogh Qu'Daj
With prefixes, him, her, and it are grouped together. But -Daj is listed
with only his/hers. We don't have non-being possessors. Has Okrand ever
shown non-being possession with a suffix instead of a noun-noun
construction? Marc!?
> to explore strange new worlds
> qo'mey Huj chu' tu'
On these next three lines I read "to" as /-meH/.
qo'mey tu'meH, or maybe qo'mey DItu'meH, or qo'mey lutu'lu'meH.
We can have only one adjective. Additional descriptive words would be
attached by using -bogh.
Hujbogh qo'mey chu' tu'meH
chu'bogh qo'mey Huj tu'meH
Hujbogh qo'mey 'ej chu'bogh tu'meH
When a klingon first discovers something, even tho it's a hundred years old,
would he refer to it as "new", like we humans do?
> to seek out new life and new civilizations
> yIn chu' tayqeqmey chu' je Sam
Same comment about "new" and /-meH/.
> to boldy go where noone has gone before
> jaq 'ej Sovlu'be'ghach ghoS
> I'm also curious about {Sovlu'be'ghach}, can I use that for "the unknown"?
/jaq/ "be bold" is a verb. You're using it as an adverbial. Can't do that.
Is /Sovlu'be'ghach/ a noun refering to the action/state of not knowing or
does it refer to the thing that is being not known?
'ej jaq(lu')taHvIS Daq ghoSlu'be'ta'bogh ghoSmeH
DloraH, BG