<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">That third translation is… interesting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d have translated it as “Terrans hope that you (plural) send Emissaries of Klingon soldiers so that they can see this wonderful event.” I’m guessing that “We” are {tera’nganpu’} and that the Klingon fighters’ emissaries are honorable, though that wasn’t actually stated in the Klingon sentence.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would have back-translated the Klingon as {jantorpu’ DameH Duypu’ra’ quv, wanI’’a'vamDaq bongeH ‘e’ wItul.}</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But that’s just my opinion, and like rectal sphincters, everybody has one.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 24, 2022, at 2:10 PM, Steven Boozer <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu" class="">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Klingon word: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ngeH<br class="">Part of speech: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>verb<br class="">Definition: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>send<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">vaj toDDujDaj ngeHbej DIvI' <br class="">That means the Federation will be sending a rescue ship of its own. (ST5)<br class=""><br class="">nImbuS wejDaq 'ejDo' 'entepray' ngeHlu'pu' <br class="">The starship Enterprise has been dispatched to Nimbus III. (ST5)<br class=""><br class="">wanI'vam Dun luleghlaHmeH tlhIngan SuvwI' Duypu' bongeH 'e' lutul tera'nganpu' <br class="">We hope that you can send a delegation of honorable emissaries to witness this glorious event. ('U'-MTK)<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<br class=""> Please contribute relevant vocabulary or notes from the last <br class=""> year or two. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">tlhIngan-Hol mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org" class="">tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org</a><br class="">http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>