tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 22 20:12:26 2015
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Indie Movie translation
Robyn Stewart (robyn@flyingstart.ca)
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I understood that the spirit she was summoning and addressing was going to retaliate on her behalf, but I'm kinda tired now, so if I have it backwards, someone can reverse it for me.
> On Jul 22, 2015, at 14:06, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> Chelsea:
>>> The Warlock is pulled between our dimension and another. In that space
>>> between the two dimensions, a spirit attacks him and Ivy has her revenge.
>
> Qov:
>> wovwI' SuD, wovwI' SuD.
>> DIn DabwI', bortaSwIj DayobmeH HIghoS.
>>
>> "Green light, green light. Dweller at the threshold, come to me in order
>> to harvest my vengeance."
>>
>> DIn is the open area just before a passage. I chose that over loOr because
>> I'm not sure that a door is involved. So interpret the threshold as being
>> the space between realms.
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> Oh, nice. I forgot all about {Din}:
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> HQ 12.2: For the end of a longish enclosed space that one is typically inside of or experiences from the inside, such as a corridor, tunnel, or conduit (say, a Jeffries tube or a branch of the sewers of Paris), a different word is used: {qa'rI'}. This is the only word; it's used for both (or all) ends. The open entryway leading into such a space is called a {Din}. If there's a door there, it's referred to by the usual word for door, {lojmIt}.
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>> jIHvaD bInoDmeH would be fine, if you're not attached to the agriculture
>> metaphor.[]
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> "In order for you [Warlock] to be avenged on me [Ivy]"
>
> Hmm... I think you've got that backwards. If Ivy is speaking/chanting shouldn't that be {SoHvaD jInoDmeH} "In order for me [Ivy] to be avenged on you [Warlock]"?
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