On Apr 23, 2019, at 18:57, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
I know one person who's alleged that they were almost hired in place of Okrand.
Am 24.04.2019 um 03:58 schrieb Daniel Dadap:
Was that for Klingon, or for Vulcan? Okrand has told the story many times about how his involvement worn Star Trek started with providing lip-match Vulcan dialog for Star Trek II, and that he heard about the need for a linguist to do that through a friend of his who was involved in the production,
That friend was ST:III producer Harve Bennett. And it's true: Okrand was actually a quick replacement for the initial translator, who jumped off very shortly before the production. But Okrand does not remember his name, he told me, and would wish to know if anyone could tell. But at this point, I'm not sure anymore if the initial contact was for Vulcan or for Klingon. I'm sure he talks about it on some interview on youtube, I need to check that again. And this story needs to be archived in the Wiki! -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.klingonisch.de http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/KlingonLanguage