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Hoghvam qaSpu'

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brent Kesler)
Mon Sep 5 05:23:29 2011

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 02:17:29 -0700
From: Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
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ngoch nov pIn jIH, 'ej vIqelmeH, tlhIngan Hol vIlo' vIneH. vaj {The
Economist}-vo' cha' lutHommey vImughta'. Hoch Hogh vInID vIneH.

I work in foreign policy, and I wanted to talk about it in Klingon.
Therefore I translated two snippets from "The Economist". I want to
try this every week.

bI'reng

* * *

1. lIbya'Daq muwamar qadavIy HoD HI'tuy' SuvtaHvIS, trIpolIyDaq mon
luDoQlI' lotlhwI'pu'. Haw'ta' be'nalDaj, puqbe'Daj, cha' puqloDDaj je,
'ej jIl Sep 'aljIrya'Daq He ghoSpu'. DaH wa' veng tIn che' qadavIy';
{SIrt} ponglu'. jegh matlhwI'pu' 'e' lupoQ lotlhwI'. jeghQo'chugh,
rInpu'DI' jar HutDIch jaj wejDIch, SIrt HIvqu' lothwI'pu'. parISDaq
ghomta' qummey, qo' tummey je, 'ej tI'eghmeH lIbya', Huch lunob 'e'
lulay'ta'.

2. vagh QI' yaSpu' qIchta' bolIvya' bo'DIjquv. DIS cha'SaD wej, qum
DejmoHtaHvIS ghom'a'mey, javmaH loS rewbe' HeghmoHpu' yaSvam. wa'maH
vagh DISmey bIghHa' luDab yaSpu'. yaSpu' QaH cha' yejquv pInpu'; wej
DISmey bIghHa' luDab.

(Techincally, they were former officers and cabinet ministers, but I
couldn't figure out how to express that succinctly in Klingon).




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