[2443] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: A translation question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Jan 3 18:20:31 1994
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
From: Will Martin <whm2m@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@klingon.East.Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 94 18:17:52 EST
On Jan 3, 4:21pm, trI'Qal wrote:
> Subject: A translation question
> ...He was trying to translate "It is GOOD to be a Klingon!", and
> offered it as: tlhIngan maj 'oHtaH. This seemed wrong to me,...
I'll leave it to the grammarians to point out the particulars of why you
are completely right and your friend is completely wrong. That is not a
matter of opinion, and I am only qualified on this list to offer opinion.
> ... I offered an alternative
> translation of tlhIngan Segh QaQ law' Hoch Segh QaQ puS, but he was
> unsatisifed with this,...
You are certainly more grammatically correct than your friend. I offer
other alternatives to consider. In particular, I (as seems to be my mission
in life) suggest to rethink the thought instead of forcing the English words
through a Klingon filter:
tlhIngan yIn'e' maSbe' qoHna' neH
tlhIngan yIn'e' vItIvqu'taH
yIn mIp yInlI' tlhInganpu' neH
(cheptaH 'e' maS vulqangan) [spit on the ground]
> --HoD trI'Qal
> tlhwD lIy So'
-- charghwI'
