[Tlhingan-hol] A Klingon Christmas Carol -- wab ta yIQoy

De'vID jonpIn de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com
Fri Dec 23 05:29:32 PST 2011


ghunchu'wI' 'utlh::
> WGN radio in Chicago interviewed the director and two actors from A
> Klingon Christmas Carol this morning. There's a brief bit from a phone
> call they placed earlier to Dr. Schoen, some silly repeated sound
> snippets of Captain Picard speaking Klingon -- {jIlajneS. ghIj qet
> jaghmeyjaj} from TNG's _Sins of the Father_ -- and a very well done
> excerpt from the beginning of the second act of the play. Listen to
> the recording here:
>
> http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/brandmeier/wgnam-klingon-christmas-carol-christopher-kidder-122211,0,5717398.mp3file

Dunqu'!  loQ jatlhHa' chaH, 'ach cha'DIch vIQoypu'DI' vIyajchu'.

I really wish the actors on TV Star Trek put that much effort into
their onscreen Klingon.  I'm pretty sure I understood everything.
Everyone should listen to this, the pronunciation isn't perfect but
it's much better than most of what passes for Klingon on television.

I took the liberty of transcribing what I heard (the scene they
perform begins just after the 8 minute mark into the interview),
please let me know if anyone heard anything different:

D = DaHjaj qeylIS qa'
S = SI'Quja

D - SI'Quja! lojmIt yIpoSmoH. jI'elnIS.
S - vIghIjlu'
D - not qoHpu''e' neH ghIjlu'. bIHeghvIpchugh bIHeghpu'. tlhIngan SoH'a'? HIqaD!
S - jIDoy'.
D - SI'Quja!
S - lu'. yIghoS.
D - naDev yIghoS 'ej HISov. mururbogh vay' Dalegh'a'?
S - HIja'. qaSov. qa-
D - DaHjaj qeylIS qa' jIH.
    yItlhap, yItlhutlh!
S - nuq 'oH?
D - tlhIngan toDuj HIq ngaS HIvje'wIj'e'. yItlhutlh!
S - vItlhutlhnIS 'e' DaHar'a'?
D - tlhutlhnISlu'chugh vay' DatlhutlhnIS SoH, SI'Quja!
    DaH, mopwIj yIHot.  ngaj poHmaj 'ej Dochmey law' DaleghnIS.
S - HIDev.

(scene - pItlh!)

-- 
De'vID



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