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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] West Wing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robyn Stewart)
Sat Dec 15 01:40:30 2012
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From: Robyn Stewart <robyn@flyingstart.ca>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:40:05 -0600
To: Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com>
Cc: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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I'd walk away from a literal translation and call it 'amerIqa' Qang yaH or the like. Once it stops being a familiar phrase denoting the seat of power, it stops being a useful title. Look at a few translations of English movie titles and you'll see many that go further afield than that.
On 2012-12-14, at 17:26, Gaerfindel <gaerfindel@hotmail.com> wrote:
> How would one translate "The West Wing", meaning the TV show? {tIng 'ev pa'mey} means "west(ern) rooms" and {tIng 'ev chob'a'} "western main corridor," but that doesn't quite convey the *meaning* of the show's title. {tIng 'ev pa''a'(mey)} perhaps?
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> ~quljIb
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