tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 31 11:51:21 2007
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for January 27, 2006
pm5 wrote:
> pIn: {'aSoq van'a'wIj 'aghmeH ngaSwI' yIje'.} (1)
> Boss: "Asok, your assignment is to buy a display case
> for our awards."
For an awards display we have {quv bey'} "Honor Display". According to KCD
there are three types of {bey'} "ceremonial display" found in Klingon
houses: {betleH bey'} "bat'leth Display", {nuH bey'} "Pride of Weapons" (a
ceremonial display of weapons), and the {quv bey'} "Honor Display". How
the {quv bey'} differs from the {nuH bey" is unknown - they both seemed to
contain a slightly different assortment of weapons. I would imagine that
other things might be displayed in the {quv bey'} such as awards, medals,
commendations, etc. So {quv bey' ngaSwI'} "Honor Display container".
'aSoq, Qu'lIj: quv bey' ngaSwI' yIje'.
Asok, your assignment: Buy an Honor Display container.
'aSoq, Qu'lIj: van'a'maj ngaSmeH quv bey' yIje'.
Asok, your assignment: Buy an Honor Display to contain our award(s).
'aSoq, quv bey' ngaSwI' yIje' vIneH.
Asok, I want you to buy an Honor Display container.
'aSoq, van'a'maj ngaSmeH quv bey' yIje' vIneH.
Asok, I want you to buy an Honor Display to contain our award(s).
A related verb is {Suq} "acquire, obtain, get".
> pIn: {vaj van'a' SuyDaq van'a'meyqu' yIje' pagh wIghajmo'.}
> Boss: "Then go to the awards store and buy a bunch of
> awards because we don't have any."
{vaj} is "therefore, thus". Use the adverbial {ghIq} "then, and then,
after that, by then, subsequently".
For "bunch of" use the noun {'op} "some, an unknown or unspecified
quantity" followed by a singular noun. Our one example:
'ej DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law'
po' puS
It [IKC Pagh] has... some of the finest warriors in the Klingon fleet. S7
Also, I would put the subordinate clause first:
ghIq pagh wIghajmo', van'a' Suyvo' 'op van'a' yIje'.
Then because we have none, buy some awards from the awards merchant.
A related noun is {tev} "prize".
> 'aSoq: {DaH ghob wem nIvqu' 'oHbogh van'a' 'aghmeH ngaSwI'
> tebchoHghachvaD van'a' vIje' vIneH.} (3)
> Asok: "The next one is for 'Best Unethical Filling of
> Awards Showcase.'"
>
>I tried to make sentence (3) into "award for filling of awards
>showcase which is the best violation of ethics," but I'm not sure if I
>did it right.
I'm going to have to give this some thought, but for "unethical" the
obvious choice is the adverbial {batlhHa'} "dishonorably". E.g.:
batlhHa' vanglu'taHvIS quv chavbe'lu'
One does not achieve honor while acting dishonorably. TKW
Qu' buSHa'chugh SuvwI', batlhHa' vangchugh, qoj matlhHa'chugh, pagh ghaH
SuvwI''e'
If a warrior ignores duty, acts dishonorably, or is disloyal, he is
nothing. TKW
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons