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[Tlhingan-hol] Bad Klingon in Trek novels (and the like)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Felix Malmenbeck)
Sat Aug 4 15:17:06 2012
From: Felix Malmenbeck <felixm@kth.se>
To: "tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org" <tlhIngan-Hol@KLI.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 19:16:44 +0000
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Just thought I'd share this little excerpt from "Star Trek: Cast No Shadow"=
with you all, to highlight the dangers of word-by-word translations:
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Sent on all channels, wide-banded to every subspace receiver in the star sy=
stem, the message was clear and concise. In flawless, unaccented Klingon, t=
he words were picked up by every vessel. Many of those who heard them did n=
ot understand the import of the phrase; those who did=97those who knew the =
truth of what was said=97were granted enough time to become angry at the in=
sult they bore.
"MaghwI' chuH ghobe' QIb," said the voice.
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This has got to be my favorite example of bad Klingon; it's in a published =
work, and it actually makes a fuss about how the Klingon it presents is "fl=
awless".
How about you? Got any gems to share with us?
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0pt">Just thought I'd share this little excerpt from "Star Trek: Cast =
No Shadow" with you all, to highlight the dangers of word-by-word tran=
slations:<br>
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Sent on all channels, wide-banded to every subspace receiver in the star sy=
stem, the message was clear and concise. In flawless, unaccented Klingon, t=
he words were picked up by every vessel. Many of those who heard them did n=
ot understand the import of the
phrase; those who did=97those who knew the truth of what was said=97were g=
ranted enough time to become angry at the insult they bore.<br>
"<span style=3D"font-style:italic">MaghwI' chuH ghobe' QIb</span>,&quo=
t; said the voice.<br>
<br>
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<br>
This has got to be my favorite example of bad Klingon; it's in a published =
work, and it actually makes a fuss about how the Klingon it presents is &qu=
ot;flawless".<br>
<br>
How about you? Got any gems to share with us?<br>
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