[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Bible nonsense

[Qov]

Five notes on this discussion:

1. One reason the KLI Bible translation project got bogged down is 
that the translators were not translating from English but from the 
original Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. There weren't too many folks who 
could help.

2. I can actually see that the word-for-word program could be 
marginally useful for someone who knew how Klingon worked, but did 
not have vocabulary memorized.

3. How did sake get mapped to chIch. Can anyone see a route?

4. Why would anyone object to anyone trying to translate anything?

5. Is translation somehow considered a more noble, valid or deserving 
pursuit than original work? I understand that for publication the 
general marketability of the product is enhanced by tying it to 
something with an existing audience, but what about when it's just 
for fun or skills. I've done translation, nothing dirty about it. 
I've just discovered that an old one is on line, complete with the 
translator's notes I sent to the author. 
(http://books.google.ca/books?id=fikDiQRMxgkC&lpg=PA157&ots=NXFbfRGIix&dq=KLingon%20michael%20collings&pg=PA157#v=onepage&q=KLingon%20michael%20collings&f=false) 
But my fun is in original work.