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RE: word-question



Stephan asks:
>>>  > i'd like to know, how do you say "stalker" in klingon?

Voragh suggested:
>>Depending on the context consider the verbs {tlha'} "chase, follow"; 
>>{ghoch} "track, track down"; {nej} "look for, seek, search for"; {Sam} 
>>"locate, seek, find" and {So'} "hide, conceal".
>>
>>I suppose {tlha'wI'} "one who chases/follows/pursues" would probably be 
>>the most general.  Of

Stephan replies:
>the context is a russian film called "stalker". this word is never 
>clearified, so i can only presume that it's meaning is... well something 
>like "{tlha'} "chase, follow"; {ghoch} "track, track down"; {nej} "look 
>for, seek, search for"; {Sam} "locate, seek, find" and {So'} "hide, 
>conceal"". ;)


nuq 'oH *Russia*ngan Hol per'e'?
What's the Russian title?
Kak nazyvaetsya etot fil'm po-russki?

If I knew the Russian title, I'd be able to give better advice.  My Russian 
dictionary gives the following translation for "stalk":

  -- v.i. shagat' - Stalk out of the room, demonstativno uyti iz komnaty.
  -- v.t. 1, (pursue stealthily) vyslezhivat'. 2, (advance grimly across)
             brodit' po: hunger stalked the land, golod brodil po strane.

For *shagat'* I would use either {yIt} "walk" or maybe *{yItqu'} 
"stride".  For *vyslezhivat'* - literally "to follow; trail; track; shadow" 
- {tlha'}, {ghoch} and {Sam} all work.  I'd use (tlha'wI'} if the person 
being stalked is in sight, {ghochwI'} or {SamwI'} if not.



-- 
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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