[92412] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] KLI CanonHom (was: Facebook Translation Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Fri Mar 2 18:55:41 2012
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:55:25 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <F52986192E9FE346B0B7EF3D6F98E87711C1AD9E@EXDB3.ug.kth.se>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 3/2/2012 6:41 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
> > To those who want to make lists, I say make them all you want.
> >
> > Send me copies.
> >
> > Just don't be surprised if no one else wants to use it.
>
> The problem I have with that is that it's not all that helpful when the
> goal is to communicate clearly with a general public.
But is that the goal? Why translate anything into Klingon if the goal is
to communicate clearly with the public?
Clear communication is not the reason we make studying Klingon our
hobby. Yes, you want to communicate clearly when you use Klingon, but if
the goal were simply clear communication, you'd do better to use
English, which everyone on this list (presumably) speaks. Or some other
natural language you have in common.
--
SuStel
http://www.trimboli.name/
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