tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 04 22:12:16 2004
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Re: Translation
- From: "De'vID jonwI'" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Translation
- Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:11:35 -0400
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Se'noj:
>>Savan,
>>A friend on one MUSH I play for asked for the following to be translated:
>>Act and you shall have dinner. Think and you shall be dinner.
>>I gave him:
>>bIvangchugh DaSop. bIQubchugh DaSoplu'.
It's perfect, if you don't mind not being literal. ("You shall
eat/be eaten" vs. "You shall have/be dinner".) If you want
to be more literal, maybe try <'uQ DaSop> and <'uQ Damoj>.
Also, you might add a <-bej> to both verbs for emphasis:
<bIvangchugh DaSopbej. bIQubchugh DaSoplu'bej>
"Act and you will certainly eat. Think and you will certainly
be eaten"
weQqul:
>shouldn't <DaSoplu'> be <DuSoplu'> in this sentence?
ghobe'. When using <-lu'>, the prefixes take on a special
meaning. The x'th-person-subject-third-person-object prefix
is used to indicate indefinite-subject-x'th-person-object.
For example, <batlh Daqawlu'taH> is "You will be remembered
with honour" (from Star Trek III).
--
De'vID
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