[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wejmaH

[Qov]

Last 'ay', ghutar said he was prepared to carry 
out a maintenance task wearing 'space clothing.'

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jangbe' HoD. mIch cha'Daq 'aH polmeH pa' lu'el 
'ej logh Sut, tlhegh, Hoqra', HoS choHwI' chu' je yIr ghutar 'e' raD HoD.

ghu' QIj HoD. jatlh “Qob mIch loS 'e' wIDa. vaj 
HIchDal'a' chen Duj'e'. mIch wej Da'elpu'DI' 
SoQchoHchu' lojmIt cha' 'e' yIloS, ghIq lojmIt 
wej yIpoSmoH 'ej mIch loS yI'el. lujlI'bogh HoS 
choHwI' Dangu'meH 'ut Hoqra'. logh Sut tuQtaHvIS 
vay', poghmo' Hoqra' ruQlaHbe' vaj DaH SoHvaD 
Hoqra' vIlISta'. Surchem HoS cha'beH.[8] 
yIlISQo'. puchpa' Dalaghpu'DI' Surchem yIHotlh 
neH. choHwI' qab Dangu'pu'DI' chu'wI' yItam[9]. 
HoS choHwI' yIchaghQo'. bIyaj'a'?”

“jIyaj, HoD.”

lojmIt cha' poSmoH HoD 'ej luvegh. SoQ'eghqa'DI' 
ra'choH HoD 'ej vanglI' ghutar. luch roQ Hung 
yaS. logh Sut qoghDaq tlhegh 'er'In bagh. 
baghchu'ta' 'e' 'ol HoD. “mIch Da'elpu'DI' 
choQDaq megh'an yIbagh. Duj HurDaq bIvumchugh reH 
yIbagh'egh. Duj qoDDaq QaQ je. mIv DatuQtaHvIS 
bIleghlaHchu'be'. lojmIt DaSameH lI' tlhegh. DaH Sut yItuQmoH.”[5]

lob ghutar. vaHDaj teq 'ej logh Sut qoghDaq 
tuQmoH je. mIv tuQmoHmeH 'ej SoQchu'meH boQ HoD. 
yInSIp QumwI' je tob, ghIq ghutar poghDaq Hoqra' lan.

“DaleghlaH'a'?”

QumwI'vo',  jatlh “HIja' HoD”

“maj. lojmIt tlhopDaq yIQam. mIchvam vImejpu'DI' 
yIvegh 'ej ghu' yInuD. yIHoj 'ej HIQumtaHqu'. Hoch yIDel. vulqangan yIDa.”

“lu' HoD!”

chobDaq DoH HoD. mIch wej mejtaHvIS ghutar van. 
“Qapla'” jatlh. SoQchoHDI' lojmIt cha' ghutar HoD 
je chev. mIch cha'Daq vajar tu'lu' 'ej mIch 
wejDaq ghutar tu'lu'. Qobchugh mIch loS, muD wegh mIwvam.

“lojmIt loS vIpoSmoH,” jatlh ghutar. “vIveghlI' 
... SoQqa'lI' ...SoQchu' ... puchpa' vI­Qu'vatlh! HurghchoHchu' jay'!”
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SKI: The captain helps ghutar into his space 
clothes and helmet and then he enters sector four.
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[5] I suspect actual safety procedures are kinda 
un-Klingon, so maybe this is more of a hazing 
ritual than something Klingons do on the job.

[8] Damnit, now I think of Lawrence and “wej 
muma'beH pa'wIj” every time I use -beH.

[9] I'm not sure whether making someone put on a 
spacesuit to change a light bulb is better or 
worse than sending them off for left-handed 
screwdrivers and buckets of propwash, but I feel 
kind of sorry for ghutar. I guess it's better 
than sitting around the bridge talking to Ms. Goody-Two-Shoes on helm.

[10] Some of the footnotes are missing in one or 
both directions. Don't worry about it. It's a 
testament to the amount of editing this has had.
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