tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 18 07:32:45 2006
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Re: Hamlet
>> lu'oghta' nIylo roDIS bIl jo'rIj je
>> Designed by: Nilo Rodis & Bill George. (KBoP)
Voragh:
> > using {'ogh} "invent, devise" is a nice way to finesse the lack of a word
> > for "draw".
lay'tel:
>I would have thought {qon} or {ghItlh} would handle 'draw' at least as well
>as {'ogh}.
I guess "design" covers more than the actual drawing {ghItlh} the art
work. It also encompasses compiling {gher} the parts list {'ay'mey tetlh}:
The verb usually translated {write}, {ghItlh}, refers to the
physical activity of writing (moving the pencil around, chiseling,
etc.) The question is, if you can {ghItlh} it, must you also
{qon} it? That is, is everything that is written down the result
of composition (in the sense described above)? The answer is "not
necessarily." There's another verb, {gher}, which doesn't have a
straightforward equivalent in English, but which has sometimes
been translated (not entirely satisfactorily) as "formulate" or
"compile" or "pull together". The idea seems to be that of bringing
thoughts together into some kind of reasonably coherent form so
that they can be conveyed to someone else. Thus, one would usually
say {naD tetlh gher} "he/she compiles the Commendation List" or
"he/she writes the Commendation List". (Maltz laughed at, but
accepted, {Soj tetlh gher} for "he/she writes the grocery list".)
One would probably {gher}, rather than {qon}, a suggested list of
readings, a gazetteer, a simple menu, or the instructions for
assembling a toy (assuming the latter is not really an exercise
in creative writing). -- (st.klingon 7/09/1998)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons