On Monday, 16 November 2020 22:32:16 GMT Becky Nearing wrote:
As far as I know, there have never been any attempts to translate "What's Opera, Doc?" into Klingon...or have there?
I wasn't aware of one, but it seems mostly possible in terms of vocabulary: ghe'naQ nuq, Qel? petamqu''eghmoH cheSmey vIwamtaH. cheS vemmey! cheS QemjIq! cheS yIHoH! cheS yIHoH! cheS yIHoH! cheS yIHoH, qar'a'? yoH HoH HoH! yoH HoH HoH! yoH HoH... SuvtaHbogh tuq Dunqu' 'o SuvwI' HoS, qaghel'e' Dachaw''a'... DungDaq nuq Qel? cheS vIHoH 'e' vIHech 'o SuvwI' HoS, Qatlhqu'bej Qu'vetlh chay' Data' qaghel'e' Dachaw''a'? chonnaQ, 'IDnar mIv je vIlo' chonnaQ, 'IDnar mIv je, qar'a'? chonnaQ, 'IDnar mIv je. 'IDnar mIv, qar'a'? 'IDnar mIv! 'IDnar mIv. HIja', 'IDnar mIv, 'ej SoHvaD ghantoH vInob! cheS 'oHpu' Ha'DIbaHvetlh'e'! 'o *bIrunHIlDa', bangwI' yImoj! yIchegh, bangwI'... jIH qoDDaq meQtaH qul... yIchegh, bangwI', jIH retlhDaq SoHtaH reH vIneH. parmaqmaj rurbogh parmaq'e'... SoHvaD jIHvaD je chenmoHlu'pu'... yIchegh, bIcheghbe''a', bangwI'... parmaqlIj 'oHmo' parmaqwIj'e'. cheS vIHoH! SuS 'ev SuSmey, SuS tIng SuSmey. vungmey, cheqmey... tlhIch vI'laS je! tuDjaj! pe'bIl! cheS yImup! nuq vIchavta'?... cheS vIHoHta'... cheSoy mach Do'Ha'... vaj, nuq bolegh 'e' bopIH, ghe'naQ bobejtaHvIS? bertlham Quch bopIH'a'? rIn... Qav wanI'vetlh, ghotpu'. But getting it correct, and singable is more work than I'm willing to do at this time of night.