tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 04 02:30:54 2011
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tato'eba' yImuv 'ej mu'tlheghmey tImugh!
- From: Andrà MÃller <[email protected]>
- Subject: tato'eba' yImuv 'ej mu'tlheghmey tImugh!
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:27:20 +0800
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Hello fellow Klingonists,
There's a website out there called Tatoeba (Japanese for "for example"),
which collects example sentences in any language which then are translated
by visitors of the site into any other language. You might first think:
"What is this crap used for?!", so read its purposes on the website itself.
I mainly contribute for the joy of translating random phrases. Some time ago
I requested the Klingon language to be added and I've been translating about
over 600 sentences since.
Here's the link: http://tatoeba.org
The site seems to be frequented by Esperantists, so why not try to make it a
source of (non-canon) example sentences for Klingon, too? Of course, you can
also add canon-sentences with their original English translation or add
translations in any other language you know (some here speak German, Dutch
and Swedish, I know).
Some notes (so we might stay consistent): I've never dared to translate
country names (except for "United Kingdom", for which we have a jocular, yet
canon source), but I transcribed proper names of people and cities (Nancy >
nenSIy; Paris > perIS, as I assume Klingons would know Terran place names
through DIvI' Hol). I used ! and ? at the end of imperative and
interrogative sentences and «...» as/for quotes. Oh, and always translate
directly from the source sentences. Don't translate from Japanese if you
only understand it's English translation. ;)
I think, all translations are by me, so far. I believe my Klingon is quite
grammatically correct (I hope this doesn't sound arrogant), although you've
probably never seen me post anything in Klingon here. But please indicate
corrections or comments below the sentences.
I'd be happy to see more Klingon sentences added by you over time! :)
chay'na Sep qunmIng vengvo' SavanneS,
- André