[Tlhingan-hol] Expect the unexpected

[Felix Malmenbeck]

> I told him to try a nice Klingon proverb, for instance from TKW. What would you suggest?


{Hoch nuH yIqel.}
{Hoch nuH Daqelpu''a'?}

> {Doch'e' pIHbe'lu'bogh yIpIH.}


While I think this works, I wonder if {Doch} is the best word to use here. Usually, that which is unexpected is an event, or a situation. Or, to be as general as possible: {vay'}

I would also consider moving it all into the first person, and playing a bit woth aspect:

{wanI' DapIHpu'be'bogh yIpIH.}
"Expect something which you won't have expected."

This - to me, at least - suggests that the speaker is not saying you should be prepared for every possible outcome; rather, you should be generally prepared to deal with situations you won't specifically be prepared for.

If the rhetorical paradox is not necessary, one might also rephrase this as:

{Damerlu' 'e' yIpIH.}

Also worth considering is modeling it after the sentence {Dajatlhbogh vIyajbe'.}
However, as has been noted elsewhere, this may be considered controversial: http://www.speers.nu/Holtej/klingon/faq.htm#3.7

> 17 sep 2014 kl. 18:16 skrev "Lieven" <levinius at gmx.de>:
> 
> A klingon friend of mine asked for that translation to lable a game board of Klin Zha: "Expect the unexpected".
> 
> I told him that a literal translation may be possible, but sounds not very nice:
> 
> {Doch'e' pIHbe'lu'bogh yIpIH.}
> "Expect the thing that one does not expect"
> 
> I told him to try a nice Klingon proverb, for instance from TKW. What would you suggest?
> 
> -- 
> Lieven L. Litaer
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