This is precisely why you need a committee of diverse background people who are willing to work together, and respect each others' opinion. In the case of a commercial project that needs a special piece of vocabulary, the committee as a whole would be aware of this, and may act on it differently than an individual suggestion. But that said, there are undoubtedly reasons why you might accept an individual suggestion and reject a commercial request, or vice versa. This is also a good reason to make individual vocabulary requests anonymous, so that there is no personal bias in accepting or rejecting such a request. There is also nothing that would prevent a committee from making an alternative suggestion for vocabulary requests they turn down. In the end, no matter what is done, there will never be a perfect way to deal with a situation where an entity has to carry on for a language creator who is no longer able to do the job. Their vision can never be captured perfectly. Maybe just as important as the language itself is, there has to be a really solid understanding of the cululture that gives rise to the language in question. A history of the language is also a very useful thing to have, something that I have not seen in Klingon, but is present in other conlangs. Those of you who know David Peterson, know he is really into linguistic history. And it can be seen in the languages he created for GoT. Tim Stoffel -- -----Original Message----- From: mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] hard truths about the future Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 13:48:57 +0200 e Returning to the original subject, there's the matter of objectivity of such a committee which needs to be discussed. A fan asks for a word, and the committee responds that such a word is unnecessary. But one can wonder: 1. If a member of that committee is hired by lets say a software company, in order to translate something for them, and a new word is needed, then what will that committee member think of first? The needs of the language, or the needs of his bank account? 2. Would someone who's into klingon professionaly accept to join such a committee in the first place, if the prerequisite was not to use klingon professionaly, in order to ensure his objectivity? 3. Any member of such a commitee could deny the request of an simple, ordinary fan. But if another member of the same committee wanted a word, then would the other members deny the request of their buddies? Because chances are that the people of that committee would already know each other for decades. t QIn tlheghvam Soj wa'DIch vIDIghqa'. wuqtaHvIS Sarvam yej, yejvam SIghbe'lu''a'? wa' mu' chu' HevmeH wa' Hol vIlle', tlhob, 'a tagha' jang yejvam: < 'utbe' mu'vam >. 'a SIvchoH vay': 1. nIqHom malja'vaD vay' mughmeH wa' yejvam jeSwI', nuvvam DIl malja'vam, 'ej ngoQvam chavmeH nuvvam, mu' chu' chennISmoH nuvvam; chay' ngugh vang nuvvam? wa'DIch nuq qel 'ej buS? mu'mey'e' ghajnISbogh Hol qel'a' 'ej buS'a'? beylI' HuchDaj qel'a' 'ej buS'a'? 2. nuvvam SIghbe'lu'meH, - Sarvam yejDaq jeStaHvIS - not Holmo' Huch HevnISqa'chugh nuvvam, DuHvam lajqang'a' nuvvam, Sarvam yejDaq jeSchoHpu'pa'? 3. vIlle' motlh, vIlle' le'be' chabal lajlaHQo' Sarvam yej jeSwI'. 'a yejvam jeSwI' chabal lulajlaHQo''a' latlh yejvam jeSwI'? maqochchaj lubelHa'qangmoH'a' latlh yejvam jeSwI'? yejvamDaq jeSchoHpu'pa' 'op, qaStaHvIS maH DIS poH law', juppu' chaHchugh, chay' wa' nuv chabal lajlaHQo' latlh?