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It's Shakespeare -- in Klingon
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| Aug. 29, 2010
Posted on 08/29/2010 4:03:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono
ARLINGTON, Va.- In the United States, where many people can't speak English properly, a Washington acting troupe says it will perform Shakespeare in Klingon.
During its annual benefit Sept. 25, the Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington, Va., will perform selections from "Hamlet" and "Much Ado About Nothing" in both English and the language invented for Klingon characters of the Star Trek films, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The effort was inspired by a line spoken by English actor David Warner in "Star Trek VI," in which his Klingon character declares, "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon....."
The company will speak the verse in both English and Klingon with the lines in iambic pentameter. A group in Pennsylvania calling itself the Klingon Language Institute is responsible for the translations, the Post said.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: klingon; klingonese; napl; shakespeare; tv; weird
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To: JoeProBono
it’s cool to watch what happens when people willfully blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
To: JoeProBono
The best part of STVI was translating “To be or not to be” into Klingon, a language which doesn’t have the verb “to be” in it.
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08/29/2010 4:05:41 PM PDT
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Tanniker Smith
(If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog?Five?No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.)
To: JoeProBono
Get Thee To A Nunnery!
Alas, The Fair Ophelia! Sweets For The Sweet.
El Kabong
ML/LTOS
To: JoeProBono
The “Frasier” episode where his “colleague” had Frasier speak Klingon instead of Hebrew at his son’s Bar Mitzvah is one of the funniest TV scenes ever!
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08/29/2010 4:11:18 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Either we have principles or we are just liberals following the winds a bit starboard...)
To: JoeProBono
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08/29/2010 4:11:38 PM PDT
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mrsmith
To: the invisib1e hand
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08/29/2010 4:17:30 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: left that other site
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08/29/2010 4:20:36 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: freedumb2003
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08/29/2010 4:22:13 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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08/29/2010 4:26:53 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
How long till ballots are printed in this language?
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08/29/2010 4:27:54 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord God of hosts.)
To: JoeProBono
Klingon Version of Julius Caesar
FRiends, Klingons, Fellow Warriors!
Lend me Your Ears!
I Come To Bury Kailis, Not To Praise him!
The Evil That men do lives after them,
The Good is oft interred with their Batleffs.
So Let it be With Kailis
The Noble Worf hath told you that Kailis was ambitious,
And Grievously hath kailis answered it
blah, blah, blah,
Yadda, Yadda,Yadda.
Let's have some Blood Wine and sing some Klingon Opera!
El Kabong
ML/LTOS
To: JoeProBono
In my opinion, that’s kinda stupid.
To: JoeProBono
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08/29/2010 4:36:50 PM PDT
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whd23
(Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
To: left that other site
You misspelled Bat’leth and Kahless...
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08/29/2010 4:37:43 PM PDT
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Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: freedumb2003
The “Frasier” episode where his “colleague” had Frasier speak Klingon instead of Hebrew at his son’s Bar Mitzvah is one of the funniest TV scenes ever! LOL! That was a funny scene.
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08/29/2010 4:41:03 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: JoeProBono
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08/29/2010 4:41:11 PM PDT
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reagan_fanatic
(YouTube My Space and I'll Google your Yahoo.)
To: Mmogamer
It’s Shakespeare. He didn’t need no steenking spelling rules! LOL.
He used to misspell his OWN NAME! LOLOLOL
To: Tanniker Smith
The best part of STVI was translating “To be or not to be” into Klingon, a language which doesn’t have the verb “to be” in it. Klingons make up for that shortcoming by having the final bat'leth fight in Hamlet result in actual fatalities.
(yes, I'm a Trek geek, but I had to look up the Klingon weapon name.)
I've heard that Chinese also doesn't have "to be" either. I wonder how they handle it in translations of Hamlet.
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08/29/2010 4:45:05 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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08/29/2010 4:45:22 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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