tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 04 10:36:34 2008
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Re: A stupid translation request
Steven Boozer wrote:
> naHQun:
>> I got a request to translate "Stupidity is stupidity and there is
>> no pill to help".
>
> {QIptaHghach} is perfect for the abstract noun "(ongoing) stupidity"
That's true, but the original sentence isn't talking about "ongoing
stupidity"; it's talking about a simple quality. {-ghach} can only
represent "stupidty" with some additional quality added to it, and none
of those qualities are parenthetical. {QIptaHghach} "ongoing stupidity,"
{QIpqa'ghach} "resumed stupidity," {QIpchu'ghach} "complete stupidity."
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