Klingon Fish

[Justin]

Here's some translations of Dopefish sayings into the Klingon language from Star Trek:

yIntaH "Dopefish" Dopefish Lives!
(pronounced YIN-takh dope-FISH)

naHmeylIj DaSopnIS You've got to eat your vegetables!
(pronounced NAKH-may-lij dah-SHOPE-nish)

naHmeylIj yISop Eat your veggies!
(pronounced NAKH-may-lij yih-SHOPE)

bIQDep yIlo' Use the fish!
(pronounced bikkh-DEP yih-LOW)

jIvIHtaH 'ej jIvIHtaH 'ej jIghungtaH Swim, swim, hungry!
(pronounced jih-VIKH-takh ej jih-VIKH-takh ej jih-GHOONG-takh)
Note: Klingon has no word for "swim"; this literally means "moving moving hungry".

Anybody here know any other foreign languages to translate these into?

[This message has been edited by Justin (edited 08-31-2000).]

[Stingray]

Justin, you got waaaaay too much time on your hands. http://www.dopefish.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[Justin]

That I do. And with that in mind, here's a badly mangled translation of the Dopefish's description from Keen 4:

http://www.dopefish.com/images/fishcredit.gif

Ha'DIbaH QIpqu' ghaH "Dopefish"'e'. QubtaH Ha'DIbaHvam jIvIHtaH 'ej jIvIHtaH 'ej jIghungtaH 'ej jIvIHtaH 'ej jIvIHtaH 'ej jIghungtaH. vay' Qopbe' vIH Sum SoplaH 'ach Subpu' maS.

Literal translation: Dopefish is a very stupid animal. It thinks "Moving, moving, hungry, moving, moving, hungry." They can eat anything that isn't dead, is moving, and is nearby, but they prefer heroes.

Note: I've replaced my earlier translation of "swim swim hungry" with a new one which literally means "moving moving hungry". I'll edit the original message after I post this.

[This message has been edited by Justin (edited 08-31-2000).]

[Justin]

For anybody who cares, here's an analysis of that translation with pojwI' for Windows 2.0:

[Justin]

http://www.utopiacity.com/mrmikeyman/keen/klindope.gif

[Joe Siegler]

OH DEAR GOD!

Also Justin, when editing your message over and over again, go in and remove the "This message is edited by" junk. It makes it look a lot better.

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