tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 11 02:53:53 2002
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RE: words for edit image
I know I'm a newbie :-)
but
If the term, nagh beQ is a term that bas been extended to mean the
resulting artwork itself, then a copy either a photo or a drawing is a
representation of that artwork. So could not the representation of the
artwork also mean nagh beQ?
While a visual display sounds more, to me, of the desktop itself or a
console display or a workstation display.
In English a picture is
1. A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or
otherwise
rendered on a flat surface. (from the www.dictionary.com website)
2. A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the
picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie screen.
we also use picture, in English, if its scanned or drawn in a computer.
3. A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of
guilt.
4. A vivid mental image.
5. A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the
picture of her mother.
6. A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion,
state of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror.
6. The chief circumstances of an event or time; a situation.
7. A movie.
8. A tableau vivant.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steven Boozer [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:25 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: words for edit image
>
>Siqar wrote:
>> > Google website has {nagh beQ) for image (when viewed in Klingon)
>> > KGT has {nagh beQ} as stone panel (artwork, similar to a painting)
>> >
>> > So could I use nagh beQ choH - alter artwork for edit image
>
>Read the description in KGT (p.80):
>
> "Carving or incising is also done on flat surfaces, usually a stone
> panel or {nagh beQ} (literally, "flat rock"), a term that bas been
> extended to mean the resulting artwork itself as well as similar
> pieces, including paintings. ... What the Federation would classify
> as a painting - that is, a {nagh beQ} featuring an image not carved
> into it but painted onto it - is made by applying rItlh ["pigment,
> paint, dye"] ..."
>
>This sounds like a particular type of artwork (cf. mural), not a
general
>word for image or picture. We can't force the word to mean more than
it
>does. Unfortunately, we just have to work around this particular
lacuna.
>
>DloraH:
>>Here (on earth) we use the metaphor "desktop" for the main screen,
>>etc. We're
>>not sure what metaphors klingons carry through. It might work; or
they might
>>look at you funny. If Maltz IS a prisoner, someone should do a
mindmeld with
>>him and get whatever info we want.
>
>Absolutely. As a temporary work-around, if you're referring to an
image on
>a computer monitor, {HaSta} "visual display (on monitor)" is the
closest we
>have and is sometimes used by those on the List: e.g. {HaSta ta}
"visual
>display file" (image file?) vs. {mu' ta} "word file" (text file?), {De'
ta}
>"data file", {wab ta} "sound file", {QoQ ta} "music file", {ghogh ta}
>"voice file", etc.
>
>Of course, what word a Klingon would use is another question
altogether.
>
>
>
>--
>Voragh
>Ca'Non Master of the Klingons