tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 12 12:07:30 2007
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Re: Dilbert Comic in Klingon for August 27, 2007
>At 06:08 PM Tuesday 9/11/2007, po'mIn wrote:
> > Dogbert: "I redesigned your headquarters building."
> > Doqbot: {yejquv vaS'a'lIj vI'oghqa'pu'.}
>
>Their HQ is that grand? why not just {qach} "building, structure"?
>Also, consider {ra'ghomquv} instead of {yejquv} "High Council":
>
> The official Klingon {QI'} is the Klingon Defense Force, or {tlhIngan
> Hubbeq}, which is run by the Klingon High Command, or {tlhIngan
> ra'ghomquv}
> [...] The highest military officer, the head of the Klingon High Command,
> is the {la'quv}, usually translated Supreme Commander. (KGT 51-2)
>
>{ra'ghomquv} would work for Board of Directors, and {la'quv} for CEO.
Another option for headquarters is {waw'} "base (military term)" {malja'
waw'}. E.g.
pa' 'oHtaH vaS'a''e'. tlhIngan qum waw' 'oH.
This is where the Klingon Great Hall is located, the center of the
Klingon government. S27
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons