Am 24.08.2017 um 15:36 schrieb SuStel:
I would be more likely to invoke *Dogh* or *lI'be'* or something like that.
Actually, I recently had a translation request which had exactly that problem, but none of the alternatives made sense. "Our concept is so simple, it's ridiculous" Dogh? - no, it's not silly. lI'be'? - no, certainly not useless. 'oH nuSlu'? - I dont want to ridicule it either... After all, I realized that the expression "it's ridiculous" is sometimes used just as an idiom meaning like "I just can believe it" or "That's incredible".
never tell whether she's saying something is good or bad. "That price was ridiculous!" is something she might say, and I can't tell if she means the thing was surprisingly cheap or insanely expensive.
That's what I mean. She does not want to {nuS} the price. In that context, I would say something like {HarlaHbe' vay'} etc. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka Quvar valer 'utlh Grammarian of the KLI http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher http://www.klingonwiki.net