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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Borg naming convention, assimulation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri May 25 14:41:13 2012
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From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:34 -0400
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:33 PM, De'vID jonpIn <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> I'm pretty sure this would've come up on the list before, but how does
> one go about expression the typical Borg designation in Klingon? =A0For
> example, Seven of Nine? =A0{Hut Soch} is ambiguous (does it mean
> "9-7"?).
I'd put in the missing noun and say {Hut borgh Soch} "Borg number
seven of nine" or "number seven of nine borg." Maybe I would not
transliterate "Borg", instead choosing something like {Dol}: {vagh Dol
wejDIch} "third entity of five."
> Also, I'm sure someone must have translated "You will be assimilated"
> before. =A0{jumuv net raD}? =A0But "You will be assimilated" is more like
> an impersonal statement of fact; it is not explicitly stated that _we_
> will be assimilating you.
What Klingon vocabulary fits the idea of being assimilated by the
Borg? I'm tempted to use {ghup} "swallow". The original appearance of
the Borg on Star Trek portrayed them as "scooping up" technology and
biological entities that could benefit them. Perhaps {boS} "collect"
would be adequate.
{DaboSlu'chu'} "You will be completely collected."
-- ghunchu'wI'
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