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Solkar
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« on: 05 26, 2007, 08:05: AM »

Hi! I dont know how it works but if somebody could translate this text to Klingon I would be very pleased. Thanks!

"... There is not much choice. There is not, because we screwed up. Not a little, a lot. No European country has done something as boneheaded as we have. Of course it is possible to explain it. Evidently, we lied throughout the last year-and-a-half, two years. It was totally clear that what we are saying is not true. ..."
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« Reply #1 on: 05 26, 2007, 10:37: PM »

OK, here goes:

DuH puS wIghaj.
choice(s) few we-have

maQaghmo' DuH puS wIghaj
we-err-because...

loQ maQaghbe', 'ach maQaghqu'.
little-bit we-err-not, but we-err-very much

Qaghmaj QIp law', Hoch *Europe* qum Qaghmey QIp puS
error-our stupid much, every European government errors stupid few
(That is, "every other European government's errors are less than ours')

ghu'vam wIQIjlaHba'.
situation-this we-explain-can-obviously

qaStaHvIS wa' bID je DIS, cha' DIS ghap, maneplaw'.
occurs-while one half and years, two years or, we-lie-apparently

teHbe' mu'mey wIjatlhbogh net leghlaHchu'
true-not words we-speak-which one see-can-perfectly

It's not the only way to translate it, but it gets the idea.  I had to depart from your exact wording because klingon lacks many of them.  I put a more or less exact translation beneath the Klingon.



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« Reply #2 on: 05 27, 2007, 06:10: AM »

Wow. Its fantastic!! Thanks!
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« Reply #3 on: 05 27, 2007, 08:18: PM »

Forgive the nitpick:

DuH puS wIghaj.
choice(s) few we-have

maQaghmo' DuH puS wIghaj
we-err-because...

teHbe' mu'mey wIjatlhbogh net leghlaHchu'
true-not words we-speak-which one see-can-perfectly

Remember to use the verb prefix DI- when the subject is "we" and the object is plural.
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« Reply #4 on: 05 28, 2007, 02:28: PM »

Forgive the nitpick:

DuH puS wIghaj.
choice(s) few we-have

maQaghmo' DuH puS wIghaj
we-err-because...

teHbe' mu'mey wIjatlhbogh net leghlaHchu'
true-not words we-speak-which one see-can-perfectly

Remember to use the verb prefix DI- when the subject is "we" and the object is plural.

HIvqa'ba' veqlargh!  Smiley
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