<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 November 2017 at 15:17, Lieven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de" target="_blank">levinius@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
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Here comes some more clarifications for the words used in Klingon subtitles on Netflix:<br>
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For the archive: this is printed in qepHom 2017, page 15.<br>
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LLL: The "Klingon High Command" is called {ra'ghomquv}, and their "Operations Command" is called {yo'SeH yaHnIv}. What would be the Starfleet versions of these?<br>
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MO: For "Starfleet Command," another alternative </blockquote><div><br></div><div>Was there an earlier part of the message which was cut off? What is this "another alternative" to?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">is {'ejyo' ra'ghomquv}, using {ra'ghomquv}, the word for "High Command." If Starfleet Command is of a lower level of importance than Starfleet High Command, leave off the {quv}, getting {ra'ghom}. But if Starfleet Command is the highest level (but, unlike the Klingons, just doesn't use the word "High" in its name), keep the {quv}. If "Starfleet Command" is more like "Starfleet Operations Command", then go with {'ejyo'SeH yaHnIv}.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br>It sounds like Okrand (or Maltz) isn't really clear on the United Federation of Planet's organisational structure. Can someone who is knowledgeable about this clarify if Starfleet Command is a {ra'ghomquv} or merely a {ra'ghom}, or if it's a {'ejyo'SeH yaHnIv}?<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">De'vID</div>
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