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Re: possible proverb

Scott Willis ([email protected])

• From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: possible proverb
• Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:28:48 -0500
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Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:35 PM
Subject: possible proverb

> {letlh bIchenmoHchugh, mIwmey bIghojnIS.}
> lit. "If you build a staircase, you must have steps."

{DaghojnIS}- Wrong prefix on the last verb.

> Tell me what you think.  Is it worthy of inclusion?

This reminds me of the English translation of the Klingon joke:
{Doq'a' SuvwI'pu'? ghobe'. SuD} "Are warriors red? No, they are green."
mentions nothing about gambling or taking a risk, something that is present
in the Klingon.
Likewise:
"Two Ferengi walk into a bar. Ouch." could be translated as:
{tach lu'el cha' verengan. 'oy'} "Two Ferengi enter a pub. It hurts."
But that translation does not give the double entendre necessary to the
joke.

The cleverness of the original English is utterly lost in the translation.
Full marks for effort, though. }}: )

--ngabwI'
Beginners' Grammarian,
Klingon Language Institute
http://kli.org/
HovpoH 701261.6

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