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Finally some decent ad copy! (startrek.website)
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Stumbled over this in Gothenburg, Sweden. Made my day.

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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I took a stab at it. Transliterated, it says: "Qapla'. Qu'Dunvad ghunwl' DlSam." I ran it through Bing's translator (since the only word I recognize is Qapla'), and I got "Success. Your baby better is done." I think the translation is wrong. When I was playing with another translator, it gave me "Success. For the glorious battle has begun" which seems more fitting.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I believe, since it's a recruitment poster, the translation is "We seek programmers for a great mission."

    • Qu' = mission
    • Dun = to be great
    • -vaD = for
    • ghun = to program
    • -wI' = one who does
    • DI- = we — them
    • Sam = to seek
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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Translating the website (search up Castra Sweden), it seems to be an IT consultant/management place (that has a lot of sci-fi references from Star Wars/Star Trek), so this is probably the best and most accurate translation. Good job on your Klingon! You are a glorious warrior, unlike me!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I'm not getting Sam? The transliteration looks right, but I don't see it in the dictionary.

    e2a: Fun toys:

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    • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They have ads in Elvish and Star Wars Galactic Standard, too. If nobody translates it before I get home, I'll break out the old dictionary. https://www.thestable.com.au/we-are-more-castra-the-worlds-first-elvish-ads/

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    • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, do people speak Klingon in Sweden? I thought everyone there spoke Human.

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    • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    I see that it's in Klingon, but I'm too lazy to transliterate and translate. What does it say?

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    [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I'm just an average Star Trek watcher. I mean, I like it very much, but if I compare myself to most of the posters in here, I wouldn't call myself a fan.

    That said:

    • How did you know, this ad is related to Star Trek
    • What language is it (I'd guess klingon, but am not sure)
    • Could you translate this?
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  • [–] [S] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's klingon! I just know what it looks like from a life of nerding, same as with tengwar, Time Lord script, the unitologist writing from dead space. Couldn't tell you where exactly I picked any of that up. That said. I can't translate it. The glyphs make it borderline impossible to use translation software :/

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    • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I found an interesting position there. But there seems to be no discription of the job itself, just of the company. That's odd.

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