tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Nov 19 14:48:58 2007
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RE: nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?
Voragh:
> >The whole text of SkyBox card SP1 {Qo'noS wo'} "Empire of Kronos"
> >(published in HolQeD 3.4:10) is relevant. Notice that the Klingon text has
> >three short and one long complex sentences, while the English original
> >consists of two complex sentences:
> >
> > tlhIngan wo' Degh 'oH Deghvam'e'. tlhIngan Dujmey law'qu'
> > SommeyDaq batlh cha'lu'. juHqo' Qo'noSvo' loghDaq lengtaHvIS
> > tlhInganpu' 'ej qo'mey Sar charghtaHvIS chaH Dat tlhIngan
> > may'Duj luleghDI' neH qIb nganpu' buQpu' may'Duj 'ej ghIjpu'
> > 'oH. nIteb ghIjpu' je Deghvam.
> >
> > This marking represents the Klingon Empire and has been emblazoned
> > upon the hulls of countless Klingon Starships. During the aggressive
> > expansion of the Klingon people from their homeworld of Kronos into
> > space, this symbol grew to become as feared throughout the galaxy
> > as the menacing profiles of their battlecruisers.
Qov:
>That the symbol itself was sufficient to frighten isn't as explicit
>in the Klingon as the English.
Voragh:
> >You really need the entire text for context and, unfortunately, I only
> >provided the bit with {Dat}. The entire complex sentence is:
> >
> > juHqo' Qo'noSvo' loghDaq lengtaHvIS tlhInganpu' 'ej qo'mey Sar
> > charghtaHvIS chaH Dat tlhIngan may'Duj luleghDI' neH qIb nganpu'
> > buQpu' may'Duj 'ej ghIjpu' 'oH.
Qov:
>A more literal backtranslation might be:
>
> As the Klingons travelled from the Kronos homeworld into space and
> conquered various worlds, everywhere galactic inhabitants even saw a
> Klingon battlecruiser, it threatened and scared them.
>
>Or perhaps, "as soon as galactic inhabitants everywhere merely saw a
>Klingon battlecruiser."
Or: "mere seeing a Klingon battlecruiser threatened and scared inhabitants
of the galaxy everywhere".
More colloquially: "just the sight of a Klingon battlecruiser was enough
to threaten and frighten inhabitants of the galaxy everywhere".
>That the symbol itself was sufficient to frighten isn't as explicit
>in the Klingon as the English.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons