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"Tagesthemen" ("Issues of the day")

On the occassion of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, Tagesthemen host Pinar Atalay spoke a few lines of klingon during the newscast(1).

These lines were spoken::

Klingon	Meaning	Remarks
yItamchoH	Be quiet!	wrong pronunciation: jItamchoH, quote from TKD p. 172
Duj tIvoqtaH	Trust your instincts..	quote from TKD p. 171
batlh Daqawlu'taH	You will be remembered with honor.	Spoken as: batel..., quote from TKD p. 171

Evaluation

Apart from the two blunders, the pronunciation was quite good. It's obvious that a lot of effort has been invested to do it right. The mispronounciation of the tlh is understandable.

References

1 : (de) What gobbledygook is Pinar Atalay saying? published at 08.09.2016 on T-Online.de

External links

• (de) Video and comments on Facebook
• (de) Twitter entry by Stephan Ebmeyer, plus video clip of the report.