[95264] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: HI'tuy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Thu Dec 13 03:21:11 2012
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:20:32 +0100
From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <ACF6622D959A8842A81E4471BA56A7E001F144EB@xm-mbx-04-prod.ad.uchicago.edu>
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> jaSwa':
>> I wouldn't translate HI''a' as "tyrant," because "dictator" doesn't
ja' voragh:
> Perhaps that's its usage on Earth, but in Klingon culture Molor is always referred to as "the tyrant Molor"
Okay, then why not? I can live with
{HI'} "dictator"
{HI''a'} "tyrant"
If that's the klingon way to express it.
We shouldn't forget that many of those words with {-'a'} and {-Hom}
cannot always be translated literally from klingon to english. A
{be'Hom} is not an "inferior woman", or a {bIQ'a'} is more than just a
big piece of water - and shouldn't ocean be ngeng'a'?
When searching for a word for "tyrant", the translator maybe thought
something like "Hey, a {HI'} is really not negative, let's make it a
{HI''a'} - that might be very close."
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
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