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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Choose the Right
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jun 12 09:17:15 2012
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:17:04 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2XUje+1owiP_Rvr3WjZCmja6zdgmSOcpj3yRj0obqVnfA@mail.gmail.com>
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~'anan naHQun:
> Several years ago, when I was still new to the language; I tried to
> translate the phrase "Choose the Right".
> [...]
> The phrase means "choose the right choice (not the wrong one)" or
> "choose righteously/that which is righteous".
> [...]
> But I think {batlh wIv} "choose honorably" captures the flavor more.
Agreed. Like the original it too has a double meaning: "choose honor" and "choose honorably" which to a Klingon warrior is always the right choice.
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
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