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

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<p>The monologue by Spock in this part is quite difficult.  Please assist!</p>
<p>(&#39;ejyo&#39; ja&#39;meH qep pa&#39;)</p>
<p>KIRK: qatlh naDev maHtaH?<br>
McCOY: chaq &#39;utlh patlh wISuqmo&#39; lulop.<br>
SCOTT: maj.  qen bIQ Duj vIje&#39;pu&#39;.<br>
UHURA: potlhqu&#39;nIS qepvam[1].  &#39;ampaSDaq ghojmeH qep vIche&#39; &#39;e&#39; vIruchnIS.<br>
CHEKOV: patlh jen ghajwI&#39;vaD neH &#39;oHbe&#39;&#39;a&#39; qepvam&#39;e&#39;?<br>
KIRK: naDev maHchugh Hoch, nuqDaq ghaH *Sulu*&#39;e&#39;?<br>
McCOY: *Sulu* HoD&#39;e&#39;.  Qu&#39; ta&#39;taH.<br>
KIRK: nuqDaq ghaH *Spock*&#39;e&#39;?<br>
boQDu&#39;: peghqu&#39; ja&#39;meH qepvam.  be&#39;pu&#39; loDpu&#39; je, ra&#39;ghomquv DevwI&#39;.<br>
C in C: peleS.  De&#39;vam potlh vIja&#39;meH ngajqu&#39; poH.  vaghmaH nem tlhIngan wo&#39; Qaw&#39;lu&#39;pu&#39; net noH.  De&#39; naQ ja&#39;meH, jatlhrup DIvI&#39; Duy le&#39;.<br>
SPOCK: maj po.  cha&#39; wen tlhIngan maS pIraqSISDaq jorqu&#39; vay&#39; &#39;e&#39; jIH DIvI&#39; Duj.  tlhoy lutlhIlmo&#39;law&#39; &#39;ej yepHa&#39;mo&#39;law&#39; jor.  maS Qaw&#39;lu&#39;mo&#39; lamqu&#39;choH yuQ muDchaj &#39;ej HeghchoHmoH[2].  qaSpu&#39;DI&#39; vaghmaH tera&#39; DISHeymey[3] loj yInSIpchaj.  &#39;Iqmo&#39; Huch&#39;e&#39; poQbogh QI&#39;, yapbe&#39; tlhIngan Huch jo &#39;ej lotvam luma&#39;ruplaHbe&#39;[4].  wen mutungHa&#39;mo&#39; vulqangan Duy&#39;a&#39;, maja&#39;chuq jIH ghorqan[5] je.  tlhIngan yejquv Qang ghaH.  SIbI&#39; maSutlhchoH &#39;e&#39; chup.<br>

CARTWRIGHT: nuq wISutlh?</p>
<p>[1] - Can anyone think of a better way to say &quot;this had better be good&quot;?  Can a {qep} have a need (be the subject of a verb with {-nIS})?  How can I express &quot;I&#39;m supposed to be (doing something)&quot;?<br>

I was thinking of recasting this entirely: {potlhqu&#39;be&#39;chugh qepvam, &#39;ampaSDaq ghojmeH qep vIche&#39;nIS}.<br>
[2] - TKD lists {HeghmoH} as &quot;be fatal&quot;.  Is {HeghmoHchoH} acceptable to people, or should it be {HeghchoHmoH}?  {HeghchoHmoH} sounds like &quot;it causes something to begin to die&quot;, not &quot;it begins to cause death, it begins to be fatal&quot;.  Do I need to be explicit about what is killing whom?<br>

[3] - Qov ran into this problem earlier: how to say &quot;an approximate number&quot;.  I stuck the {-Hey} on the {DIS}, but I really want it on the {vaghmaH}.<br>
[4] - {Suv} is too literal here, but {ma&#39;} perhaps doesn&#39;t have this sense.<br>
[5] - Gorkon -- do we have a canon spelling of his name?</p>
<p>&gt; [Starfleet briefing room]<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; KIRK: What are we doing here?<br>
&gt; McCOY: Maybe they&#39;re throwing us a retirement party.<br>
&gt; SCOTT: That suits me. I&#39;ve just bought a boat.<br>
&gt; UHURA: This had better be good. I&#39;m supposed to be chairing a seminar<br>
&gt; at the Academy.<br>
&gt; CHEKOV: Isn&#39;t this just for top brass?<br>
&gt; KIRK: If we&#39;re all here, where&#39;s Sulu?<br>
&gt; McCoy: Captain Sulu. ...On assignment.<br>
&gt; KIRK: Where&#39;s Spock?<br>
&gt; AIDE-DE-CAMP: This briefing is classified. Ladies and Gentlemen, the C-in-C.<br>
&gt; C in C: As you were. I&#39;ll break this information down succinctly. The<br>
&gt; Klingon Empire has roughly fifty years of life left. ...For full<br>
&gt; details, I am turning this briefing over to Federation Special Envoy.<br>
&gt; SPOCK: Good morning. Two months ago a Federation starship monitored an<br>
&gt; explosion on the Klingon moon Praxis. We believe it was caused by<br>
&gt; over-mining and insufficient safety precautions. The moon&#39;s decimation<br>
&gt; means a deadly pollution of their ozone. They will have depleted their<br>
&gt; supply of oxygen in approximately fifty Earth years. Due to their<br>
&gt; enormous military budget, the Klingon economy does not have the<br>
&gt; resources to combat this catastrophe. Last month, at the behest of the<br>
&gt; Vulcan Ambassador I opened a dialogue with Gorkon, Chancellor of the<br>
&gt; Klingon High Council. He proposes to commence negotiations at once.<br>
&gt; CARTWRIGHT: Negotiations for what?</p>

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