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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon subtitles for Star Trek episodes/movies?

Felix Malmenbeck ([email protected])



ghItlhta' ghunchu'wI':
> A primary goal of the Klingon language version was to be as
> conservative as possible. That way the largest potential audience
> would be able to understand it. There is one interesting coinage: the
> smooth-headed Klingons are called {QuchHa'}. Credit for that one
> should go to Dr. Schoen. It's not exactly canon, but I think it got
> used later in a novel.

Ah, yes, I've seen that: in "Star Trek: Excelsior - Forged in Fire", the smooth-headed Klingons are called QuchHa', and the ridged ones are called HemQuch. Didn't know about the word's origins, though.
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