[Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' wa'maH wej

[Robyn Stewart]

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On 2012-02-23, at 16:56, "De'vID jonpIn" <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:

> At the end of the last 'ay', the Klingons have just left the Enterprise after a disastrous state dinner.
> 
> [qIrq pa']
> 
> KIRK: HoD QonoS.  wa'Hu' ram 'entepray'Daq mebpu' chaH ghorqon Qang'e' ghomDaj'e' je. 
> 
I would go witlh 'entepray' luSuchpu', to teduce the grammatical cplexiry. 
> loQ *Emily Post* wIDabe'.  vutpa'vaD: pIq poH
> 
piq gets abused here. I saw it used instead of tugh earlier and here it should be qep vebvaD or something. pIq means [specified time period] from now, not "fututure". 
> not gharmeH qepDaq romuluS HIq yIjab...
> SPOCK (QumwI' ghogh): qIrq HoD.  meHDaq HIghom.  qIrq HoD.
> 
> [meHDaw paw qIrq]
> SPOCK: ah, HoD.
> 
If you want a Klingon vicative, try 'o. Hesitation sounds do not transfer between languages, 'especially because 'a is a word in Klingon. 
> KIRK: nuqneH?
> SPOCK: pIH 'e' vItu'.
> 
I find it expects it? Can't scroll well on this but tjis is too literal for "i find it suspicious". vay' pIH vItu'pu'
> KIRK: *Spock*, jIDoy'qu'.
> SPOCK: *neutron* woj[1] tlhuDqu'lu' 'e' wItu'.
> 
I'd tend to omit the neutrons as they're only there for tecnobabble. 
> KIRK: nuqvo'?
> SPOCK: Hujqu', wItlhuDlaw'mo'.
> KIRK: 'entepray'?
> KIRK: *Valeris*, woj yu'egh'a' De' DaSov'a'?
> VALERIS: qaH?
> KIRK: *Chekov*?
> CHEKOV: woj?  {wuQ} vISov neH.
> 
muwuQmoHbogh wojHey neH.
> KIRK: vISovqu' je.  
> (tlhIngan may'Duj qIp 'otlh peng)
> KIRK: qaSpu' nuq?
> SPOCK: Qang DujDaq wIbaH.[2]
> CHEKOV: peng pa', yI'ol.  mabaHpu''a'?
> KIRK: *Uhura*, HaSta!
> UHURA: lu', qaH.
> VALERIS: qIpchu'.
> UHURA: 'ollu', qaH.
> (cha'logh tlhIngan may'Duj qIp 'otlh peng 'ej tlham chu'Ha'lu')
> 
> [1] - Alas, no word for "neutron"; it's technobabble, but a vital clue as any Trekkie knows that it signifies a cloaked ship.
> 
Apparently I'm not trekkie enough. Is it too blatant to say So'wI' rurbogh woj?
> [2] - Someone remind me, is this how {-Daq} works with {baH}?  Or does {X-Daq baH} mean "fire while located on X"?
> 
It's how bach works. I can't speak for baH.

Qapla'. 
> > [Kirk's quarters]
> >
> > Captain's log. The Enterprise hosted Chancellor Gorkon and company to
> > dinner last night. Our manners weren't exactly Emily Post. Note to the
> > galley. Romulan ale no longer to be served at diplomatic functions.
> > SPOCK (on intercom): Captain Kirk. Will you please join me on the
> > bridge? Captain Kirk?
> > [Enterprise-A bridge]
> >
> > SPOCK: Ah, Captain.
> > KIRK: What is it?
> > SPOCK: I find this curious.
> > KIRK: Spock, I'm really tired.
> > SPOCK: We are reading an enormous amount of neutron radiation.
> > KIRK: Where?
> > SPOCK: Strangely enough it appears to be emanating from us.
> > KIRK: The Enterprise?
> > KIRK: Valeris, do you know anything about a radiation surge?
> > VALERIS: Sir?
> > KIRK: Chekov?
> > CHEKOV: Only the size of my head!
> > KIRK: I know what you mean. (on the viewscreen a photon torpedo hits
> > the Klingon battle cruiser)
> > KIRK: What's happened?
> > SPOCK: We have fired on the Chancellor's ship.
> > CHEKOV: Torpedo room! Please confirm. Have we fired?
> > KIRK: Uhura, monitor!
> > UHURA (OC): Aye sir.
> > VALERIS: Direct hit!
> > UHURA: Confirmed, sir.
> > (a second photon torpedo shoots out and the Klingon ship loses gravity)
> 
> --
> De'vID
> 
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