Dear friends of the Klingon language,

 

we are proud to announce a new translation of a piece of world literature:

 

H.G. Wells' book "The Time Machine" has been translated by German Klingonist Peter Karas, aka payqagh. The translator decided to publish his translation without a back translation, so this is a Klingon-only book. For more details, see the page on the Klingon Wiki: https://klingon.wiki/En/TheTimeMachine

 

In order to talk about four-dimensional geometry and other things, Maltz has provided some really interesting and also useful words:

 

Do'ol nagh     grindstone; The kind of stone Klingons use to sharpen their knives, bat'leths, and so on
Ho'ya'     ivory [not only from elephants]
layyub     coating or crust or patina that develops on certain metals
loS roDSer ngeD'onQeD     Four-Dimension geometry
mI'QeD 'Ivqong     mathematical plane
nagh 'al'on     porcelain, a particular type of ceramic
namchIl 'atlhqam     lichen
ngeD'on     space, in the mathematical or geometrical sense, as in "three-dimensional space"
ngeD'on roDSer     dimension of space
ngeD'onQeD     geometry
polInISya'     Polynesia
qa'mun qangtlhIn     communism (loanword)
qIypIr     paradox
rom'on Sorpuq     brass
rutlh naQ     spoke of wheel
SIb     be philosophical, contemplative
SIvIngqIS     Sphinx (loanword)
vonI'SIya'     Phoenician
wej ngeD'on 'Ivqong(mey)     three planes of space
'Ivqong     a more general term for "surface" (also for "plane").

 

Qapla'!

Lieven L. Litaer
aka The Klingon Teacher from Germany.