Actually, I knew that.
My question is this: if you were trying to translate it into Klingon, would
you use Klingon concepts?
love = not wanting to kill you
forgiveness = letting you live to experience your dishonor
turn the other cheek = present your unwounded side
Or would you try to keep with the original meanings?
It's an interesting question, and it comes up because of all the /real/
languages where this is a problem. For example, it's pretty hard to be
insulting (as Westerners know it) in Japanese. Things like m******f*****
would have been taken literally (before the broad westernization of Japan)
and would have been insulting, but not the way intended.
That's not to say you can't be insulting in Japanese, but if you translated
it literally into English and then said it to an American, you generally
would get a wierd look instead of an angry or hurt one. Who cares if I am
less than honorable, ya freak?
-- Ben Doom
Programmer & General Lackey
Moonbow Software, Inc
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:54 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: It's here ...
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:
: They tried that already. The group that was doing it broke up because
: they kept arguing with each other. Some finally decided that it could
: not be done because words like "love" and "forgivness" do not exist in
: the Klingon language.
:
: And yes I'm serious....and stop calling me Shirley.
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:44 PM
: To: CF-Community
: Subject: RE: It's here ...
:
:
: The Bible in Klingon?
:
:
: -- Ben Doom
: Programmer & General Lackey
: Moonbow Software, Inc
:
: : -----Original Message-----
: : From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: : Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 4:03 AM
: : To: CF-Community
: : Subject: RE: It's here ...
: :
: :
: : /me just assumes everyone knows what she's talking about ... And offer
: a
: : pan of fresh baked muffins as a prize
: :
: : >>| -----Original Message-----
: : >>| From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
: : >>| Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:55 AM
: : >>| To: CF-Community
: : >>| Subject: It's here ...
: : >>|
: : >>|
: : >>| /me does happy muffin dance ..
: : >>|
: : >>| Just delivered.
: : >>|
: : >>| Funky British edition ... 766 pages, all condensed, almost 3
: inches
: : >>| THICK! ... But it's here!
: : >>|
: : >>| W00t!
: :
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