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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 23, 2007

Robyn Stewart ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

At 11:03 AM 8/31/2007, you wrote:
>ghItlhpu' lay'tel SIvten, ja':
> >{veD} wIghaj je, vaj chaq {veD lInglu'bogh} lo'lu'.
>
>maQoch. {veD lInglu'bogh} "fur which is produced" ("artificial fur" 'oS 'e'
>DaHech, qar'a'?) 'ej cha' mo' vIghaj.

>mo' wa'DIch: chaq lI' {veD}, 'ach "fabric" 'oSchu'be' 'e' vIHar. KGTDaq
>{tlhay} QIjDI' Okrand - ghItlh 'angpu'qu' Voragh - Ha'DIbaH pob neH 'oHba'
>veD, 'ej porgh 'ay' pIm 'oH DIr. ghaytan nIv {veDDIr} 'e' vIHar.

DIvI' Hol vaD veDDIr ("pelt") Del veD "veD" ("fur"). chaq jatlh vay' 
"a fur" pagh "fur" 'ar. tlhIngan HolvaD jaS mu'vetlh lulo'lu'law'.

>mo' cha'DIch: "artificial" mughlu'meH {lInglu'bogh} vIlajbe'bejQo'.
>ghItlhmeyDajDaq mu' {lIng} lo'lu'DI' Okrand, DIp {lIngwI'}Daq tu'lu' neH,
>'ej "create artificially" neH 'oS net Sovbe'.

jIQochbe'. <veD lInglu'bogh> vIlaDDI' Ha'DIbaH vIqel. bIrchoHDI' muD, 
veD lIngchoH Ha'DIbaH. 'IH veD lInglu'bogh.

>KGTDaq (navmey 92 - 94) cha' mu'tlheghHommey Daj lutu'lu': {burgh quD}
>"naturally produced kud" ({Ha'DIbaH burghDaq quD roghmoHlu'pu'bogh}), {'un
>quD} "artificially produced kud" ({vutmeH 'unDaq quD roghmoHlu'pu'bogh}) je.
>chaq mu' "fabric" mughlu'meH HeDonDaq majaHlaH; chaq vaj DIp-DIp
>mu'tlheghHom wIlo'laH. vImughmeH jIH, {laSvargh veDDIr} vIchup.

laSvargh veDDIr vIlaDDI' "plush fur fabric" vIqel,

>SKI: I don't like {veD lInglu'bogh} for a couple of reasons. Following an
>interesting natural/artificial contrast in KGT, I suggest {laSvargh veDDIr}
>"factory pelt" as a translation for "fabric" in the DIlbert comic of
>23-08-2007.

I likely wouldn't recognize it as silk or cotton ... do Klingons have 
vegetable-based fabrics? Remind me of a Klingon wearing something 
that wasn't leather, fur or metal. Maybe they never invented weaving.


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