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KLBC: Sun Tzu's "Art of War"

Captain Haddock ([email protected])



Honor to you Se'noj!
Today I stop being a lurker. This project should have started much earlier. 
The Art of War is the essence of being Klingon. As a small contribution and 
as a begining I post this little try. Please, dig in and analys! Maybe it 
can be a start for a discussion about how to translate Sun Tzu properly.

QI' to'
Sunchu' qon

nabmeH mIw

wo'vaD potlhqu' QI' to'

yIn, Hegh joq wuqlaHbej, yay He, QIH He ghap wIvlaHchu'.
vaj yIqelchu', yIbuSHa'Qo'

vagh Dochmey pabqu' veS to', not choH Dochmeyvam.
che'ronDaq Dotlh Daperchu' 'e' DanIDtaHvIS 'ej
bInabtaHvIS, Dochmeyvam yIbuS

luperlu':  (wa') mIw'a'  (cha') chal (wej) tera'
(loS) ra'wI' (vagh) nab Sun je

nugh rewbe'pu' qumwI' je tay'moHqu' mIw'a'.  qumwI'chaj
lulob, Heghqang chaH, 'ej ghIjlaHbe' Qob

ram pem je, Hat bIr, Hat tuj je, poHHom poH'a' je 'oS
chal

chuq chuq'a' chuqHom je, Qob roj je, yotlh 'och je,
yIn 'eb, Hegh 'eb je ngaS tera'

mIw'a' yajchu' ra'wI', 'Il, vIDHa', yoH, 'ej moSQo' ghaH

mangghom 'ay'meyna' vu'lu'DI', yaSpu'vaD patlh noblu'DI',
mangghomvaD tep ngeHmeH Quv SImlu'DI', QI' Huch malja'
Huqchu'DI', nab Sun je qellu'bej

vagh qechmeyvam yajchu'nIS Hoch Sa'.  Sovchugh Sa',
Qapbej Sa'.  Sovbe'chugh Sa', lujbej Sa'

vaj, QI' Dotlh DanoHmeH ghu' DachovDI', cha' ghol
tIqIm 'ej yIghel'egh:

cha' che'wI'pu' DaqelDI', mIw'a' ghajqu' 'Iv?

cha' Sa'pu' DaqelDI', laH nIv ghaj 'Iv?

wa''e' luQaHbogh 'ej luQanbogh chal tera' je yIngu'!

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