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Stumbled over this in Gothenburg, Sweden. Made my day.

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[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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
[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Now this is the content I subscribe for! Thank you!

[–] GaiusGornicusCaesar@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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!

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SuvwI' qu' SoH vIHar

Following the links will take you to a handy search tool.

[–] Haus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

e2a: Fun toys:

[–] Haus@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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/

[–] Amazed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please update us if you get the dictionary out!

[–] Haus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I looked, aebeltrae's translation agreed with my print dictionary with the exception of the last syllable, which I couldn't find. The linked dictionary on this page does have the last syllable "Sam", so it looks like they nailed it.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

~~Human~~ Federation Standard

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Downcount@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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?
[–] Haggers@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 :/

Hmm, I can recognize Klingon and tengwar, but not the others. I can still read Daedric from when I played Morrowind all the time, but it takes me a while to remember what the individual glyphs mean.

[–] ehrenschwan@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Yes that's definitely Klingon, sadly can't translate it tho

[–] jameskirk@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

People around these parts would probably ask me if I even like star trek :)

[–] 73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.