[Tlhingan-hol] Politician Quits, Writes Resignation Letter "In Klingon"

[nIqolay q]

The Klingon translation is horrible, which will surprise none of you,
I'm sure. "Constitution" and "resignation" have been transliterated
directly as "chonStItutIon" and "reSIghnatIon". I do like the last
line, which Waddell left untranslated: "jachtaHvIS jatlh: DavID
waDDell". The first half is the longest sensible part of the letter,
and I think "he said it while screaming" is a rather amusing way to
end an angry message. I wonder if it was intentional, and if not, what
the intended meaning of that phrase was.

Translating the intended message more accurately isn't that hard, but
I did get hung up on the best way to translate "Constitution", in the
context of the US Constitution. chut'a', perhaps?

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Fiat Knox <fiat_knox at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> This turned up on my Facebook newsfeed. It is a Yahoo News article about
> some politician whose resignation letter was apparently in Klingon. The
> article might amuse some of you.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/this-means-war--n-c--politician-quits-council-seat-in-klingon-language-letter-153439620.html
>
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