Hmm… it’s not in my notes for that scene.  I wonder how that line got into my dictionary. 

Is there a transcript online we can check?

Here's the scene: https://youtu.be/kbG3N51MEjM?t=62

1:15    wIy cha'
            TACTICAL...

1:35    HaSta
            VISUAL...

1:42    cha yIghuS
            TACTICAL, STAND BY ON TORPEDOES.

1:52    SSS
            READY...

1:56    baH
            FIRE!

2:23    juntaH
            EVASIVE!

4:10    SSS
            (untranslated)

4:19    something which might be baH or might be something else
            (untranslated)

 

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From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> On Behalf Of SuStel

On 2/4/2021 10:27 AM, Steven Boozer wrote:

DoS cha'
Display target! STMP

I don't think there was ever a Display target! line in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The line was subtitled Visual! and interpreted by Okrand as HaSta.

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