tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 02 07:58:33 2003
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Re: -Daq?
From: "Klingon Warrior" <[email protected]>
> I'm confused, SuStel...
> I'm not sure if you answered my question or not...
> I want to know how to say the phrase, "...in Klingon." I now know that I
can't say, /tlhIngan HolDaq/. In some
> sentences, the phrase "...in Klingon" is necessary,
In English. In English, you're used to saying "In Klingon . . . ." But
we're not trying to speak English here, we're talking about Klingon! And in
Klingon, a different way of saying it is what is required.
> and I don't think that merely putting /tlhIngan Hol/ is sufficient for
those
> certain sentences.
It's not.
> So what do you think? Translate this for me: "In Klingon, /Doch/
represents 'thing'."
As in my last post, there are many ways to translate things that do not have
a one-for-one correspondence between the English and the Klingon.
Here's an exmple of this. In TKW, p. 212, Okrand translates "Have the
courage to admit your mistakes" as /QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH./ Literally,
this is "Admit your mistakes, be brave." Are you going to complain that
Okrand didn't come up with a way to say "have courage to admit mistakes"?
No! It's the IDEA that's most important. If you can communicate your IDEA,
then you're speaking correctly.
So if I want to say "In Klingon, /Doch/ represents 'thing,'" I'd say
tlhIngan Hol jatlhlu'DI', "thing" 'oS <Doch>.
There are other ways to say this.
> Also translate
> this for me: "In English, /Hol/ represents 'language'."
DIvI' Hol jatlhlu'DI', "language" 'oS <Hol>.
> The phrases, "In Klingon" and "In English" are what I'm stuck on.
Then get unstuck. These phrases do not exist in Klingon. Do not translate
phrases, translate IDEAS.
SuStel
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