[89651] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Translation Assistance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Sep 13 10:33:30 2011
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:27:01 -0500
In-Reply-To: <CAFK8js0Mba6LqtZhA=0EWMik3NKRUY5LtYRDs1X+W9oa-FDiUA@mail.gmail.com>
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André Müller:
> > Although I understand your message, I don't know what you're referring to.
> > I'm <N-true>, but where did I write something about Google inventing words?
ghunchu'wI':
> He's probably looking at your User: page on Wikipedia. On it, you say
> the term {nagh beQ} is "coined by Google". That's not correct -- it
> comes from Klingon for the Galactic Traveler. It refers literally to a
> form of art called a "stone panel". It's described as being similar to
> a painting. Before we knew of the word {mIllogh}, images of many sorts
> were commonly described as {nagh beQ}.
For example, Google translated "Image Search" as *{nagh beQ nejwI'}.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
