[92744] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] To-Be-Part 2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Tue Apr 3 11:34:40 2012
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:34:19 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <4F7B1643.8010601@web.de>
Errors-To: tlhingan-hol-bounces@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
On 4/3/2012 11:24 AM, Lieven Litaer wrote:
>
> Now that we have all the problem in mind, I like to tell you the reason
> why I have asked: Some of us are translating Facebook into klingon, and
> I saw one interesting to translate.
Translation by committee. Sigh.
> The English says something like "in relationship with John Doe".
>
> Now I wondered which is better:
>
> {parmaqqayDaj ghaH jon'e'}
> or
> {jon ghaH parmaqqayDaj'e'}
The latter. John (better transliterated as {jan}) is the
fill-in-the-blank answer to the topic: "Beloved:______"
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