A Final Thought On Star Trek For Today ...

Someone mentioned the movie from which this came, and said to me "If you ask me, they should have stopped the movies after this one."

What do you think?

Happy Anniversary, Star Trek! Live Long and Prosper! Qapla'!

All Fired Up

The Jason Mohammad segment is shortly to begin on BBC Radio Wales.

I've been given the early morning wakeup call by the producer, and they are ready to roll from around 10:00 am. My part in this segment is due to start around 10:30 am.

I am all fired up for this interview, and equally fired up with enthusiasm for the screening of Star Trek Into Darkness later on tonight - and for my quiet meal with my plus one beforehand.

I've got a plus one to the event.

Let me restate that. I have got a plus one to come with me to the event.

With that in mind, here is a shortlist of the Klingon phrases I shall try to sneak in to the interview, among other interviews I shall make this month:-

Set Klingon phrases
I shall be using

What do you want?	nuqneH
What did you say?	nuqjatlh
Star Trek	Hov leng
movie	jabbI''ID
Star Trek Into Darkness	poH mIgh 'el Hov leng
Success!	Qapla'
2013 05 09	cha'SaD wa'maH wej DIS, vagh jar, Hut jaj tera' poH
Star Trek Into Darkness has its premiere today.	DaHjaj wa'DIch poH mIgh 'el Hov leng jabbI''ID 'anglu'
Watch this show as soon as possible	narghpa' 'eb tugh jabbI'IDvam boleghnIS
Do you speak Klingon?	tlhIngan Hol dajatlhlaH'a'
Yes.	HIja'
No.	ghobe'

Wish me success. The phone interview should begin any minute now. Qapla'!

Edit: Interview done.

Two gems from that interview:-

‘The Klingon for “Do you speak Klingon?” is a bit of a tongue twister if you’re not used to it. It’s tlhIngan Hol DajatlhlaH’a’? and if you do understand Klingon, you say HIja’ or HISlaH meaning yes, and if you don’t, you say “Sorry, but I don’t speak Klingon.”’

poH mIgh 'el Hov leng jabbI''ID The movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness"

'Of course the title "Star Trek Into Darkness" has to be poH mIgh 'el Hov leng Star Trek Enters An Evil Time where poH mIgh means evil time, a metaphorical dark rather than a physical dark, since the Enterprise is always travelling into the dark all the time, because that's what space is.'

Klingon Language And Star Trek Into Darkness

leng Hov is the Klingon for Star Trek. That much is already established in Klingon language canon.

What does make wonder, however, is the Klingon translation for the forthcoming movie Star Trek Into Darkness.

The word for dark, be dark in Klingon is Hurgh - and, while translating the verb Hurgh as a noun, Hurgh darkness, is not canon - leng Hov Hurgh would seem like a good translation for Star Trek Into Darkness - "Dark Star Trek." Perhaps HurghchoH leng Hov even - Star Trek Darkens / Star Trek Becomes Dark.

One small problem with leng Hov Hurgh ... Hurgh, as a noun, is the Klingon for pickle. Star Trek Pickle just doesn't cut it.

My only thought is that, as the movie is about the Federation entering a time of evil and darkness, Star Trek Enters An Evil Time - poH mIgh 'el leng Hov - might be the best Klingon translation for the title.

Unless the show is about the characters of the USS Enterprise getting into a pickle ...

In any case, I have an interview about this forthcoming movie set for tomorrow evening, around 18:00, and I will probably consider using these terms during that interview. Which should be fun.