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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">FYI, here’s the transcript of the war council on Kronos One (after Gorkon's assassination) as I’ve reconstructed it over the years:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kerla: DIHIvlaHtaHvIS DaH DIHIvnIS!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (Attack them now, while we still can!)<br>
Khmarr: DIHIvbe'ch[ugh] qo'chajDaq toy'wI''a' DImoj. (?)<br>
(Attack or be slaves in their world.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Grokh: Qo'! pe'vIl DIHIvlaH, <QaplaH> tlhob <be---HaH > (??) -or-<br>
<QaplaH <pla'> pe'vIl <or: Qapla' ghobe' laH'a'> (??)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (We can take whole by force, what they propose to divide.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Azetbur: ghu'maj Dayajbe'law', Sa'.<br>
(You don't seem to grasp our situation, General.)<br>
Azetbur: notlh veS... 'a tugh manotlhchoH je maH.<br>
(War is...obsolete. As we are in danger of becoming.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kerla: QamvIS Hegh qaq law' torvIS yIn qaq puS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> ("Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Azetbur: 'e' neHbe' vavwI' [or vavoy]<br>
(That wasn't what my father wanted.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chang: Your father was killed for what he wanted. [In English]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Note that Azetbur was immediately responding to Kerla’s quotation. In fact, Chang also refers to “what he wanted” (albeit in English).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">And yes, before you ask, Grokh’s line was nearly unintelligible even though we have the subtitle and I’ve included a couple of versions I’ve collected. Has anyone
finally figured out what the actor was trying to say?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">--<br>
Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">_____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>mayqel qunen'oS<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">However, there's something I'm wondering with regards to this scene..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">How was it that it happened exactly?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">I mean, the author playing 'a'Setbur received a paper with the klingon dialogue, where the {'e' neHbe' vavoy} was written.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">So, the million dollar question is "who wrote that paper?"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt">Because if the {'e' neHbe' vavoy} was written by maltz himself, then it'd be sooo tempting to start {'e' neH}ing like there's no tomorrow..<o:p></o:p></p>
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