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[Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' wa'

De'vID jonpIn ([email protected]) 

<p>Here&#39;s half of the opening scene from {Hov leng jav: qo&#39;&#39;e&#39; tu&#39;bogh pagh}.</p>
<p>Considering that this is one of the movies for which Klingon was created (well, parts of the appendix to TKD anyway), it&#39;s surprising how difficult it is to translate some of the lines.</p>
<p>Please send your feedback!</p>
<p>(Gene Roddenberry quvmoHjaj)</p>
<p>SULU (ghogh): Hov poH HutSaD vaghvatlh cha&#39;maH wa&#39; vI&#39; jav. DIvI&#39;may&#39;Duj *Excelsior* HoD QonoS. ra&#39;taH *Hikaru Sulu*. wej ben Dujvam pIn&#39;a&#39; vImojDI&#39; Qu&#39;wIj wa&#39;DIch vItagh. be&#39;ta[1] joghDaq SIp bopbogh &#39;ej motlhbe&#39;bogh yuQ wanI&#39;mey mem wIgherlI&#39;. pItlh. wa&#39;vatlh vatlhvI&#39; Hong, juH wIchegh. Qapchu&#39; Duj, beqpu&#39; je &#39;e&#39; vIja&#39;mo&#39; jIbelqu&#39;.</p>

<p>SULU: mIchvam naQDaq malengchu&#39; &#39;e&#39; nuja&#39; De&#39;vam.<br>
VALTANE: nughoS HoS yu&#39;egh, poSDaq tajvaj cha&#39;vatlh loSmaH DoD jav.[2]<br>
SULU: HaSta! va... baQa&#39;... botjan!<br>
(ronqu&#39; Duj)<br>
LOJUR: HoD, Duj ra&#39;lu&#39;DI&#39; vangQo&#39;.<br>
SULU: nIH chuyDaH. yItlhe&#39;, yu&#39;eghvaD qabmaj tI&#39;ang.[3]<br>
LOJUR: lu&#39;.<br>
SULU: cha&#39;maH vaghvatlh vatlhvI&#39; Hong[4]... QIH yIja&#39;.<br>
jonwI&#39;: Hoch patmey lutoblI&#39;lu&#39;.[5]<br>
SULU: chunDab lughaylu&#39;bogh neH chaH &#39;e&#39; yIja&#39;Qo&#39;![6]<br>
VALTANE: Qo&#39;[7], qaH! ...</p>
<p>[1] - Since Betazed is {be&#39;taSeD}...<br>
[2] - Do we know how to express geometric angles?  We don&#39;t have a word for &quot;degree&quot;, so I&#39;ll just pretend it was clipped here.  (Valtane says, &quot;Port-side, angle: two hundred and forty mark six&quot;.)<br>

[3] - How&#39;s this for turning to face the wave?<br>
[4] - I&#39;d like to think, based on {vatlhvI&#39;}, that there is a numerical suffix {-vI&#39;} which is somewhat like &quot;-th&quot; in English (i.e., &quot;one hundredth&quot;, &quot;one fourth&quot;, and so on).  So &quot;one quarter&quot; would be {wa&#39; loSvI&#39;}.  But OTOH we have a canon sentence from ST:V where &quot;one quarter impulse&quot; is {cha&#39;maH vagh vatlhvI&#39; Hong}.  Yuck.  I just can&#39;t imagine a Klingon saying that in the heat of action.<br>

[5] - Not sure about {tob} here.  Maybe {&#39;ol}?<br>
[6] - I&#39;m sure Klingons have a word for meteor shower, but I don&#39;t know what that is.<br>
[7] - What&#39;s the answer to an imperative with {-Qo&#39;}?</p>
<p>(For Gene Roddenberry)</p>
<p>SULU (voiceover): Stardate 9521.6, Captain&#39;s log, U.S.S. Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu<br>
commanding. After three years I&#39;ve concluded my first assignment as<br>
master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in the<br>
Beta Quadrant. We&#39;re heading home under full impulse power. I am<br>
pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.<br>
[Excelsior bridge]</p>
<p>SULU: According to this we&#39;ve completed our exploration of the entire sector.<br>
(the ship begins to shudder and Sulu&#39;s teacup rattles off his table<br>
and breaks on the floor)<br>
VALTANE: I have an energy wave from two hundred and forty degrees mark six port.<br>
SULU: Visual! My ...God. ...Shields!<br>
(an energy wave hits the ship throwing the crew about)<br>
LOJUR (OC): Captain, she&#39;s not answering her helm.<br>
SULU: Starboard thrusters. Turn her into the wave!<br>
LOJUR: Aye.<br>
SULU: Quarter impulse power! ...Damage report.<br>
EXCELSIOR ENGINEER: Checking all systems, Captain.<br>
SULU: Don&#39;t tell me that was any meteor shower.<br>
VALTANE: Negative, sir. ...</p>
<p>-- <br>
De&#39;vID</p>

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