tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 19 04:42:04 2004
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Re: Rank List
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Rank List
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:31:30 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Se'noj:
>I'm preparing a list of tlhingan wo' ranks for a MUSH I play/admin on (
>bdv.gotdns.org:1701 ), and I wanted your expert opinions incase I sent a
>bad one out and looked like a total QIpqu'wI'.
<rank list> 'oSbogh tlhIngan mu'mey tIqaw: {qutluch patlh}. DIvI' Hol
lo'lu'chugh, {qutluch patlh} lu'oS "kut'luch rank" "pecking order" ghap.
{qIb lengwI' tlhIngan Hol}Daq mu'tlheghHomvam tu'lu'.
Don't forget the Klingon for "rank list": from KGT we have {qutluch patlh},
"pecking order" (literally "kut'luch rank").
>tlhIngan Hubbeq (Klingon Defence Forces):
cha' patlh DalIj. mang patlhmey bIH: "sergeant" 'oS {bu'}, 'ej "corporal"
'oS {Da'}. tlhIngan ra'ghomquv DevwI' patlh DalIj je: {la'quv}, "Supreme
Commander". 'ach majQa'. qawmeH pongwIj Dalo'laHlaw' je: {QeS *lagh*};
"Ensign" jIHlI'.
You've forgotten two, the titles for the highest ranking enlisted men: {bu'}
"sergeant" and {Da'} "corporal". Also, the leader of the Klingon High
Command (tlhIngan ra'ghomquv), the {la'quv} "Supreme Commander". Otherwise,
you've done pretty well. If it helps you remember, I'm an ensign: {QeS
*lagh*}. ('ach laghna' jIHbe' 'e' yIqaw. {{:D)
QaQlaw' latlh patlhmey. DIpmey DachenmoHpu' 'ej cha' DIp Dalo'. chotlhob,
vaj qajang: cha' DIp tIchevtaH. {Suybeq} {Duy'a'pIn} je Dachev 'e' vIchup,
'ej {Suy beq} {Duy'a' pIn} je tIlo'. ('ach woQna' naQ ghajqu' Duy'a' 'e'
vIHarbej. motlh nIteb Qap Duy'a'pu' 'e' vIHar.)
The rest look pretty good, except for some compound nouns which I'd
personally render as noun-noun constructions: {Suybeq} "merchant crew" and
{Duy'a'pIn} "head ambassador" I would render as {Suy beq} and {Duy'a' pIn}
respectively. (Anyway, isn't the ambassador *the* authority of a foreign
nation? Usually ambassadors work singly.)
qaQaHlaHlaw'chugh jIbelqu'.
Savan.
QeS lagh
{leghmeH mInwIj lo'choHjaj vavwI'!} {leghmeH yojDaj quv Dalo'choHjaj.}
("I would my father look'd but with my eyes." "Rather your eyes must with
his judgment look.")
- tuj poH ram wanI' najlu' (A Midsummer Night's Dream), 'ay' wa' DoD wa'
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