<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 17:18, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">tera' DIS wa' Hut vagh Hut, bI'reS puv 'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev X-wa'maH vagh. <br>
[untranslated] (NASM “North American X-15”)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev X-wa'maH vagh</div><div>tera' DIS wa' Hut vagh Hut, bI'reS puv 'amerI'qa' 'ev chan 'ev X-wa'maH vagh. muDDaq neH muD Dujmey vorgh lu'orlu', 'ach loghDaq puvlaH Dujmey 'orbogh nuv 'e' 'agh X-wa'maH vagh. wabDo loS, vagh, jav je lengta' 'ej 'IvDaj jen law' HutSaD Sochvatlh wejmaH 'uj'a'mey jen puS. Do patlhvam 'Iv patlhvam je chavta'bogh telmey ghajbogh muD Duj wa'DIch 'oH. wa'maH cha' X-wa'maH vagh 'orwI'pu' tu'lu'. chorgh 'orwI'pu'vaD logh lengwI' Deghmey lunoblu'.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's the original English text:</div><div><a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/north-american-x-15/nasm_A19690360000">https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/north-american-x-15/nasm_A19690360000</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>North American X-15<br></div><div>First flown in 1959, the North American X-15 bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight. It was the first winged aircraft to fly Mach 4, 5, & 6 and to operate at altitudes above 30,500 m (100,000 ft). Eight of 12 pilots received astronaut wings.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
bI'reS nguSDI' Hutlhbogh wej muD Duj'a'mey motlh chenmoH loDnI'pu' 'ej waH. <br>
[untranslated] (NASM “1903 Wright Flyer”)<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div>tera' DIS wa' Hut pagh wej Wright puvwI'</div><div>qaStaHvIS loS tera' DISmey, puvmeH nguSDI' lo'bogh muD Duj wa'DIch luchenmoHmeH, QullI' 'ej 'oghlI' Wilbur Wright Orville Wright je. tera' DIS wa' Hut pagh wej Wright puvwI' 'oH muD Dujvam'e'. bI'reS nguSDI' Hutlhbogh wej muD Duj'a'mey motlh chenmoH loDnI'pu' 'ej waH. ghIq tera' jaj wa'maH Soch, jar wa'maH cha', DIS wa' Hut pagh wej, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina-Daq puvta' nguSDI' lo'bogh muD Duj wa'DIch. Qapla'! muD Duj 'or Orville. qaStaHvIS leng wa'DIch, wa'maH cha' lup, wa'maH wa' vI' vagh 'uj'a'mey lengta'.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Here's the original English text, a slightly different version of which can be seen at this link: </div><div><a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/1903-wright-flyer/nasm_A19610048000">https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/1903-wright-flyer/nasm_A19610048000</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>1903 Wright Flyer<br>The 1903 Wright Flyer was the product of a sophisticated four-year program of research and development conducted by Wilbur and Orville Wright. After building and testing three full-sized gliders, the Wrights' first powered airplane flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, making a 12-second flight, traveling 36 m (120 ft), with Orville piloting.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(These are excellent counterexamples to the claim which is sometimes made that Klingon is shorter or more succinct than English.)</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div>