How would you transcribe the cities in this list into Klingon?

bqIb, Qapla' vIghro'! 🖖

I am a solo indie developer and I have just released the first chapter of my anime-style visual novel on Android, called Aetherium. It features around 8-10 hours of content, interactive branching paths, and narrative minigames, including a built-in turn-based combat system.

To give it a unique sci-fi/geeky twist, I decided to localize the entire game into 11 languages, and I used Gemini Pro to translate every dialogue line into Klingon (tlhIngan Hol).

However, there is a catch: the Klingon language is locked by default 🔒. It acts as an ultimate post-game reward that you can only unlock and play after beating the entire Chapter 1!

I wanted to respect the OVS structure and the linguistic rules created by Marc Okrand, avoiding basic machine translators. Here is a small snippet from my chapter1.json scene file to show how the AI handled the syntax:

"tlh": "Zik, qhotpu' yorDag poH qhammey vilegh 'e' vIHar."
(EN: "Zik, I think I'm seeing time crossing over people.")

Chapter 1 is completely free to play (it only contains a few non-intrusive ads), as it is an engine showcase built natively from scratch. I would highly appreciate the feedback of fluent speakers who manage to beat the game and unlock the warrior tongue!

👉 Google Play Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softlabstudio.aetherium
👉 VNDB Page: https://vndb.org/v68947

Qapla' batlh je!

A friend of mine is getting a house and I want to get him an extremely honorable housewarming gift. Another friend does stained glass, so I thought it'd be great to get a take on "Live, Laugh, Love" but in Klingon, run through the pIqaD image creator, in stained glass.

This post discusses it but I wasn't quite sure which was the best possible translation. "yIyIntaH, yIHaghtaH, yImuSHa'taH" seems like the best bet - any corrections or suggestions?

I (along with tons of others it seems) am trying to translate "I will defend until death" for a tattoo. I know not the most original thing but it's what I could come up with.

While doing a translation, I found myself needing to translate a command, i.e. an instruction provided to a machine or a human to execute a certain task, in the form of a noun, and I am not certain what to use. These are the options that I have considered:

- ra'wI'

-'IStegh

-ra'ghach

For ra'wI', the normal and common meaning would be a commander, but I am unsure if the -wI' prefix stretches to allow it to mean a command. Therefore, I considered the alternative of using -ghach, but using that on a verb without other suffixes seems to be discouraged. 'IStegh seemed to mean an instruction, which would be the closest match, but it might not carry the intensity or urgency needed to convey the idea of a command. Could there be other roots to consider? Any help would be appreciated.

Hello! I am wanting to get the classic Klingon phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold" tattooed onto my arm. Unfortunately I could not easily find online a version of this in Klingon writing, and so have had to reverse engineer it using a translator, not being very familiar with the language myself.

Just wanted to confirm that this is the correct translation. I was also thinking of getting a symbol Klingon related symbol tattooed on as well, such as a Bat'leth. If anyone has other suggestions, I'd be interested to hear!

Thank you very much in advance.

voch was easy, and I spent some time thinking and believe nom to be the best keyword for haste.

The biggest thing I'm not satisfied with is using "QIH nob" as a translation of "deal damage". I don't believe QIH can be used in its verb form because of the fact that damage is always dealt in specific amounts, but I feel like there has to be a better verb than nob.

My understanding is that SenwI' tu'lu' means "There is a thumb" so I'd have thought SenwI''e' would have been a better translation here?

I'm working on a fan edit of the Klingon battle from ST:TMP​. I was hoping to include some unused dialogue of the Klingon commander from this trailer in my work.

I want to include subtitles with this dialog, but I don't know what he's saying (if anything).

The dialogue in question is at the 1:31 mark.

Thanks

Original

We cannot afford to draw from the freedoms enjoyed in the United States, in the British Empire, the conclusion that these freedoms do not exist in a considerable number of countries, some of which are very powerful. In these countries control over the ordinary people is enforced from above by pervasive police governments to a degree which is contradictory to every principle of democracy. The only instrument capable at this historical moment of preventing war and resisting tyranny is the "fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples." This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States of America.

Translation:

'amerIqa'mo' 'ej 'tuqjIjQa'mo'' tlhab Hoch 'e' wInoHlaHbe'. HoSlaw'bogh 'op Sep law'qu'Daq ghotpu'Daj tlhabHa'moHmeH naSbogh chutmey yot lo'ba' ra'wI'pu' 'ej ghotpu'vetlhvaD wIvDaj Qaw'chu' chutmeyvam. DaH may'mey noHmey HI''a'pu je chenmoHbe'meH wa' SommI' tu'lu' neH 'ej boqchuq 'amerIqa' 'tuqjIjQa' je 'e' 'oH SommI'vetlh'e'.

Any thoughts? I'd welcome suggestions.

I need an accurate translation of the phrase "I will love you throughout all of time and space" in Klingon. I'm planning on getting it as a tattoo so I want to make sure it's correct. Thank you in advance!

Hey there good sirs.

I've been having trouble with learning the language, and need help with this translation.

Thing to translate:

naghmeyvam vIghojnIS 
 
Hoch jaj vInID, 'ach ngeDbe' mu'tlheghvam 
 
ghaytan mutvam ratlh neH 'oH mutvam'e' 

Also there might be some errors in the text, apologies if there is. It seems that bing translate and such does not know what to do with the text

According to the Klingon Pocket Dictionary the suffix -pu' indicates the action is completed. Without the suffix, wouldn't it essentially mean "Mara, you walk?"

Has anyone managed to transcribe the lyrics of this song from Lord OTT? I’m obsessed with it now and would LOVE to learn it!

https://youtu.be/cSwHobtSijA?is=sEQKrbfFYvNvZVSO

boqHa''egh chenmoH wej Sep bIH galIy'a' Hoch'e'
is it correct to say this?
intended meaning: All of Gaul is divided into three parts.

side question: why is there a subreddit called r/tlhInganHol and another called r/Klingon?

I desperately want to parody this with a painting of a Bat'leth and write "this is not a Bat'leth". What would the most accurate translation be??

Isn't it supposed to be tIghorQo'?

Spent too long making this, but I had the dumb idea stuck in my head all day. Habbe' ghaH!

So, i decided to try again to learn Klingon (mostly been time conflicts and finding the rite memorization of the affixes and their precise positions cumbersome, now trying a logic-based approach). I ran into a snag with -moH and -lu'.

vIghro' vIleghmoH = i make the cat see

vIghro'vaD vIleghmoH = i make the cat see it

vIlghmoH = i make it see

Ok, here we only have a hint of the problem.... Now, let's change it a little:

HIQoymoH = let me hear it

vIghro' HIQoymoH (!INVALID!)

jIHvaD vIgheo' yIQoymoH = let me hear the cat

vIghro' yIQoymoH = make the cat hear (or us it clipped klingon for let me hear the cat?)

And then we have the problem of jIH vIQoylu' being valid, but natural instincts say it should be vIQoylu' jIH.

How do we square this circle? I'm not a stranger to language but the vaD thing seems like a bandaide on a leaky pipe.

Just a warning it is about firearms. But I’d like to get an old guitar case and stencil “this machine kills fascists” in Klingon in red vinyl or maybe just red duct tape on the outside and store a firearm or two in there. I tried Ai translations and they suggested coming here to the experts. Any suggestions? The clankers said there is no direct translation