tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 30 06:45:58 2011
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RE: Some things are best left untranslated.
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Some things are best left untranslated.
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:43:32 -0500
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- Thread-topic: Some things are best left untranslated.
lojmIt tI'wI' nuv:
>> During my pedestrian commute, I pass a boxcar that someone has spray painted,
>> "Tonight, the streets are ours!" It's got deixis written all over it.
> > While I enjoy a translation challenge, this one quickly got too ugly.
QeS 'utlh:
> For my part I'd say {veng} "city" as a replacement for "streets" (I've never
> been quite happy with using {He} as a replacement for "street"). I'd simply
> say the whole as {DaHjaj ram vengmaj 'oH vengvam'e'} "tonight, this town is
> our town".
Another option is to use the verb {DoQ} "claim (territory)":
DaHjaj ram vengvam wIDoQ
Tonight we claim this city.
Or, although I agree with QeS about {He} "course, route", for those who insist:
DaHjaj ram Hevam DIDoQ
DaHjaj ram Hemeyvam DIDoQ
Tonight we claim these streets.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons