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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "Be excellent to each other"

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Fri Jun 8 19:11:21 2012

Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:11:08 -0400
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
In-Reply-To: <CA+7zAmMkNmxmbT1bx7-CCmcN6Pe1QTHJSxbZ3oX2qrc156Q-gg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/8/2012 4:34 PM, De'vID jonpIn wrote:
>
> De'vID:
>>> How would you translate this phrase from Bill&  Ted?
>
> SuStel:
>> HochvaD peQaQ'eghmoH
>
> I read this as "Make yourselves good for the benefit of everyone".  A
> good sentiment, but not equivalent to the one requested.

That is exactly how I meant it. It is equivalent, but not literal. Are 
you looking for literal? And are you looking for pithy?

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SuStel
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