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Re: translation! too hard for my brain!



ja' "Beth Baisch, the tuftedpuffin" <[email protected]>:
>I am cuious if there is some way to translate the sentance "You're nothing
>but a second-rate, trying hard copycat!" into Klingon.

If you want it translated literally, what you'll get is something very
unwieldy which won't necessarily carry the appropriate intent of the
original.

I think a classic bit of curse warfare would work in its place:

  HoS lI' Dalo'Ha'chu'
  You are a total waste of good energy!

-- ghunchu'wI'


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