[87377] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: "Authentic" Klingon materials
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Dec 1 11:04:16 2009
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:02:10 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
In-reply-to: <f60fe000912010553u7b0c029esfca3b36df8548066@mail.gmail.com>
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Mark J. Reed wrote:
> puH DunDaq *'alIS* ... How to convey "adventure"? Since it's in the
> TMP tagline I'm a bit surprised it's not in TKD.
"Wonderland" isn't "wonderful"; it is filled with "wonders." I can't
think of anything that does the idea justice. {HujwI''a'} "great,
strange things"?
Then you have to avoid the illegal Type 5 suffix in the noun phrase.
Alice HujwI''a' puH leng
Now, "Through the Looking-glass" isn't hard (SIla' vegh), but "Through
the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There" is a little harder. For
obvious reasons, I'm going to transliterate Alice and not mark it. Maybe
something like this:
SIla' vegh 'alIS: Hoch tu'pu'bogh
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