tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 16 14:36:14 2008
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Re: Earthlings DVD (was qep'a')
On May 16, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Doq wrote:
> Anyway, I'm surprised that nobody has posted this to You-Tube yet.
YouTube limits clips to a very few minutes. It doesn't accommodate
longer videos.
> I did find http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwkW0JLiAe0
> [...]
> It was really frustrating to hear what seemed like such well-
> pronounced Klingon phonemes, yet to be so unable to make sense of
> it...
>
> Anyway, it's beautiful sounding, but I can't make sense of it. Does
> someone else have a transcription that makes more sense?
I know exactly where to find the text, but I'm going to do it "the
hard way" and write down what I hear first:
Dochchugh HemwI' ruv mImlu'
qechrup patlh 'oy'moH buSHa'ghach 'Il buvHa'lu'bogh
quvwI'pu' tuv quvHa'bogh quvHa'wI'pu'
"If a proud one is rude justice is delayed. Sincere ignorance which
is misclassified hurts the status of a [qechrup]. The dishonored ones
who dishonor the patient honored ones..."
Now to go to the source:
Dochchu' HemwI'; ruv mImlu'; tIchrup patlh;
'oy'moH muSHa'ghach 'Il vuvHa'lu'bogh;
quvwI'pu' tuv quvHa'moH quvHa'wI'pu';
(Hamlet, lut 'ay' wej, lut 'ay'Hom wa')
"The proud one is perfectly rude; justice is delayed; rank is ready
to insult; sincere hatred which is respected causes pain; dishonored
ones dishonor the patient honored ones."
I was pretty close.
(By the way, the next line is {qatlh Hochvam lajqang vay'} "Why would
anyone accept all of this?")