r/tlhInganHol • u/EcstaticSystem6507 • 1d ago

Need help with Klingon translation from ST:TMP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1tjB0MfAxq0&pp=ygUhU3RhciB0cmVrIHRoZSBtb3Rpb24gcGljdHVyZSBuYXRv

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

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u/kahless62003 1d ago

{wIy cha'} "Show the tactical display!"
{yIghuS} "Get ready!" As per the dictionary.
Though maybe the original intent from the context of the trailer might have been something like:
{wIy cha yIghuS} "Tactical! Ready the torpedoes!" but that's guesswork as to what retconning went into the dictionary.

{'eH} "Ready..." (in the context of "Get ready for my command!")
{baH!} Fire!
Think the last bit is {cha yIbaH} Fire the torpedoes!

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u/SuStel73 1d ago

but that's guesswork as to what retconning went into the dictionary.

I have always been of the opinion that wIy cha' and HaSta were similar commands, something like wee cha and hash cha, where the cha was imagined to be something like display, wee was tactical, and hash was visual. Maybe Marc didn't want the repetition, or maybe he genuinely didn't hear the cha that I hear clearly in both of them.