[tlhIngan Hol] Jan D. Wolter quote

[Will Martin]

I really like the last suggestion, though it misses the sense that most of the time {vuD quvHa’ Har quvHa’wI’pu’}. The original has the flavor that there are exceptional opinions that are right despite wrongful people holding them.

rut mujbe’ quvHa’wI’pu’ vuD net qawnIS.

pItlh

charghwI’ ‘utlh
(ghaH, ghaH, -Daj)




> On Nov 10, 2023, at 11:19 AM, Felix Malmenbeck via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org> wrote:
> 
> Not particularly eloquent, but one possibility would be:
> 
> qech'e' lunumlaH qalwI'pu' SaSwI'pu' qoHpu' je, 'ach waS qechvam 'e' lutobbe' vuDmeychaj net qawnIS.
> 
> (SaSwI' isn't necessarily the same thing as a zealot, but I figure being SaS is one of the zealot's worst properties where their ideas are concerned.)
> 
> Some less direct but arguably more eloquent interpretations:
> 
> Dogh vuD 'e' Daj HarwI' Dogh.
> 
> vuD quvHa'moHbe' HarwI' quvHa'.
> 
> //loghaD
> From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces at lists.kli.org> on behalf of James Landau via tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2023 5:01:30 PM
> To: tlhingan-hol at lists.kli.org
> Cc: James Landau
> Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] Jan D. Wolter quote
>  
> How would you translate the following quote into Klingon?
> 
> 
> "It's important to remember that just because there are crooks, zealots and morons supporting a position, it does not automatically follow that the position is wrong."
> 
>       -- Jan D. Wolter 
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