[This was one of twelve reports for my Introductory Linguistics course
at Carleton U.  The text of the assignment is reproduced as part of the
report.]
                                                    Neil D. Fraser, #206143
                                                    29.100 B, Dr. Laubstein
                                                    October 10, 1994
                           The Klingon Dictionary
                          Addendum 1992, Paramount
                               by Marc Okrand

Biweekly Assignment

You will be expected to read and write a short response (maximum one page) 
to some written material relating to linguistics and or language and or 
communication every second week.  There are numerous suitable items on 
reserve at the library, noted with an asterisk in this outline.  You will 
be marked on these as complete or incomplete.
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wa'maH loS jaj Qu'

HolDe' bIlaDniS 'ej pojHom bIghItlhniS.  wa'maH loS jajmey bIloS 'ej 
bIjangniSqa'.  paqqachDaq Qu'vaD De'mey bItu'laH.  Hovmeyqoqmo' chev.
bIbatlh Da'ovchugh 'ach bIweb Da'ovbechugh.
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Ten and four day chore

You need to read information of language, and you need to write a small 
analysis.  Wait ten and four days, and you need to answer again.  In the 
building-of-books you can find information (plural) intended for the chore.
They are separate due to so-called stars.  If you complete it, you will be
honoured, but if you do not complete it, you will be disgraced.

    The preceding was the original English text, the Klingon translation, 
and the English re-translation from the Klingon.  Learning the fundamentals 
of the language and doing the translation took approximately 16 hours of 
work.  Klingon's greatest limitation is its limited vocabulary.  The sample 
text would be more accurate if the words 'week' (Terran, not Klingon), 
'relating to', 'linguistics', 'library', 'asterisk', and 'mark' existed in 
some form.  Never-the-less the vocabulary was large enough to fabricate work-
arounds.  Some enhancement of the Klingon dictionary's scope would be 
beneficial, though beyond a certain point, it would infringe on the brutish 
nature that characterizes the language.