<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>The word {retlaw} reminded me of the Emperor Reclaw, so I wanted to look up if the name had ever been printed in the original Klingon. I discovered that the novel "The Left Hand of Destiny" contains the following text:<div><br><div><div>SuvwI''a' ghaH reQlaw'e'</div><div>(For Reclaw was a mighty warrior,)</div><div>qu' qabDaj; jev 'e' rur</div><div>(Terrible as thunder,)</div><div>nom vIHchu'; Hov tIH rur</div><div>(Swift as starlight,)</div><div>jupDajvaD yoHbej ghaH</div><div>(Stalwart to his friends)</div><div>jaghDajvaD Heghna' ghaH</div><div>(And DEATH to his enemies...)</div><div><br></div><div>Source:</div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><a href="https://goo.gl/eGZ5M9">https://goo.gl/eGZ5M9</a> [link to original text on Google Play Books]</span><br></div><div><a href="http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Reclaw">http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Reclaw</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>The original text apparently has a few typos, which are fixed in the copy on Memory Beta. </div><div><br></div><div>In any case, this is reasonably good Klingon. Any idea who was responsible for this?</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div>
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