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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] rup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Wed Nov 11 09:08:43 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:08:20 -0500
In-Reply-To: <1447249203596.32687@kth.se>
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On 11/11/2015 8:40 AM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> Hmm, I'm uncertain what you mean by "<<tax>> isn't within brackets". Are
> you looking at a digital version of the book?
>
> When two different definitions are given for a word, it's often to help
> avoid ambiguity. As you say, the English word "tax" is ambiguous, but
> the addition of "fine" makes it clear which meaning of the word is intended.
>
> It would be very surprising if the Klingon word had the same ambiguity,
> so I'd advise you to stick to the "evil king" use of the word.
On the other hand, "tax, impose a burden on" is really just another
sense of the meaning of "tax, fine." I don't think its inconceivable to
use {rup} in this sense, though it might be considered metaphorical.
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SuStel
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