tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 06 07:42:34 2005
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Re: Miranda Warning
QeS la':
> >So would, say, {bItammeH DIb Daghaj} "you have the privilege of/for
> >remaining silent" work?
>
>jang Voragh:
> >Sure. I don't know whether translating the idiom works in Klingon, bu=
t the
> >object of {ghaj} "have, possess" can certainly be something intangible=
or
> >abstract:
> > pIch vIghajbe'
> > It's not my fault. (TKD)
>
>I was more concerned with whether the {-meH} clause would be proper Klin=
gon:
>is the privilege really "for the purpose of" being silent? I'd say yes, =
but
>I have no real evidence, and others might not agree.
The purpose clause is perfectly proper. We have no examples with {tam} o=
r=20
{chuS} "be noisy", but there are far too many other examples to list=20
here. Two using the prefix {bI-} are:
bIQapqu'meH tar DaSop 'e' DatIvnIS
To really succeed, you must enjoy eating poison. (TKW)
laS veghaS HIltonDaq =ABHov leng: yIjeSchu'=BB qaSchoHmo', bIlopqu'meH
HIlton yIghoS
Come celebrate the grand opening of "Star Trek: The Experience" at
the Las Vegas Hilton. (STX communique)
Looking at {bItammeH DIb Daghaj} again, I see that you could also have sa=
id=20
{tammeH DIb Daghaj} using {tammeH DIb} "rite of being silent" as a "purpo=
se=20
noun" (like {ghojmeH taj} "boy's knife", i.e. "a knife for learning" from=
=20
KCD or {QongmeH Duj} "sleeper ship" from SkyBox15). In fact, I rather li=
ke=20
the distinction:
tammeH DIb Daghaj.
You have the right-to-be-silent. (the "right of silence")
bItamtaHmeH DIb Daghaj.
You have the right to-REMAIN-silent.
Not that the Klingon legal system would have such a right, of course. <g=
>
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons