[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: 'enteD

[nIqolay Q]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:56 AM Will Martin <willmartin2 at mac.com> wrote:

> I usually love to take on challenging translations, but “be excellent to
> each other” seems jargonesque among a subculture which chooses words in a
> way that is intended to be poetically beyond the normal meaning of the
> words. You’d use the phrase as much to identify yourself as being in the
> club as you’d use it to actually mean anything in particular.
>
> Since I’m not in the club, I’m not sure what it’s intended to mean.
>
> My guess would be something like {Qorghchuqchu’}, but as an outsider, I
> could easily be misinterpreting the original intent.
>

You're more or less correct. "Be excellent to each other" just means "be
kind to each other, treat each other well", etc. just with the idiom of
80s/90s "California dude" slang.

The notion of "being kind to someone" is a little bit of an issue for
translating the sentiment into Klingon, but I think the main translation
issue here is expressing the notion of "each other" in a sentence role
other than direct object. Perhaps something like *Hoch latlhvaD peqejHa'!*
"Be un-mean to everybody else!".
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