[2030] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Vulcan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Nov 16 12:53:29 1993
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: Mark Reed <Mark.Reed@cad.gatech.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 12:47:16 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199311161518.KAA06193@startide.ctr.columbia.edu> from "Mark E. Sh
oulson" at Nov 16, 93 10:18:52 am
I don't really see the point of posting the VLG, but if everybody else wants
it, who am I to argue? Just keep in mind that it was written a long time
ago, nothing from it was ever seen in any of the TV shows or movies, and
it's really thinly-disguised Japanese.
Even the Vulcan in the movies wasn't really developed as a language - the
actors spoke English, and the consulting linguists (Marc Okrand in the
case of STII:TWOK) came up with different-sounding words that still fit the
English lip movements. So "He's very human" became "Eta vesni Human" or
some such. And just so you wouldn't catch on, the subtitle has "so" instead
of "very". The scene in the first movie is a much longer example - and
of course, they could make up whatever they wanted when the speaking actress
was offscreen. Try turning down the sound and reading the Vulcan high
priestess' lips...
Apologies if this is old news; I'm way behind in reading the list.
Tai nasha no korosha (VLG-Vulcan for "Live long and prosper")
Qapla'! (closer to home)
-marqoS
