[Tlhingan-hol] qo''e' tu'bogh pagh - 'ay' loS

[Qov]

At 05:12 20/01/2012, you wrote:
>Actually what does "mothballing" a fleet of ships really mean?  I 
>guess the reason I'm uncertain how to translate the Klingon is 
>because I don't fully understand the English.

There are a lot of mothballed fleets in my business, so I'm just 
going to picture them and free associate on their descriptions.

yo' *mothball*chugh vay' ... lo'be'choH. leHbe'choH. verghDaq poltaH. 
DebDaq vergh. ragh 'e' chaw' ... vergh 'ej lon ... choq 'ach lo'be' 
... verghDaq choq ... notlhchoH 'e' chaw' ... Sommey [heh, I almost 
typed SomDu'--emotional connection to the old fuselages!] chImmoH 'ej lon ...

Looking for a Klingon equivalent of mothball, i.e. store in a way 
that the thing could be recovered, but is prepared for a long period 
of disuse ... nuH bey'Daq ratlhmoH ... qaStaHvIS poH nI' vangbe'moH ...

I hope there's an idea in that for you.

- Qov