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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not sure why it doesn't get petaQ, but otherwise seeing the usual dialect problems that come with these kinds of translators.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the machine translators I've tried are absolutely terrible -- I can't find one that can round-trip some text without turning it into absolute gibberish.

I'm only like halfway through unit 1 in Duolingo, but I did the translation myself and I think I did a better job (note: Klingon sentences are structured object-verb-subject):

nuq = what

jI- = indicates a command

jalIh = to say, to speak

-Qo' = again

thlIngan Hol = the Klingon language

petaQ = well-known generic expletive (I didn't try to find something that literally translated to "mother fucker")

Da- = can, able

-'a' = indicates a question

nuq jIjalIh = say "what" again!

thlIngan Hol petaQ DajalIh'a' = Klingon, motherfucker, do you speak it?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does petaQ literally translate to? I always assumed it was like "fucker" or something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

From wikibooks

petaQ, excl.: Epithet; similar to "bastard" or "asshole." Throw that petaQ out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

It’s like a derogatory dismissal. Basically a claim someone is unable to uphold honor. An dishonored invalid.