[2518] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: resend of Queston
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Jan 12 11:17:15 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: Wed, 12 Jan 94 11:11:53 EST
On Jan 12, 7:11am, David Barron wrote:
...
> If I wish to say
> "These are the things I wnat to see done'
> would it translate as:
>
> Dochmey ta'lu' 'e' vIlegh vIneHbogh 'oH Dochmeyvam'e'
> ??????????
> David Barron
(TERRIFIC signature, BTW. Exactly the view of a Klingon warship one does
NOT wish to view...)
My humble opinion is that this is another example of squishing an
English sentence through a Klingon filter, exhibiting an overuse of pronouns
as "to be" verbs. I would have FAR preferred:
Dochmeyvam'e' ta'lu' 'e' vIlegh vIneH
Or more likely:
Dochmeyvam'e' tIta'chu' pagh bIHeghbej
The redundency is created by {'oH}, which is itself unnecessary. IMHO.
-- charghwI'
