Canonical Klingon is a precious and rare commodity serendipitously trickling down to us whether as individual words which HolQeD is fortunate enough to receive direct from Okrand or collections of sentences painfully reconstructed from a Hallmark commercial. One surprising source continues to be the Star Trek: The Next Generation trading cards put out by SkyBox International Inc. In HolQeD 3:4 the text of three Klingon cards from the first season's deck were presented. SkyBox appears to be continuing this tradition and a visit to a recent convention yielded up six new cards three from the second season and three from the recently released third season deck. As with the original three each card was translated into Klingon by Marc Okrand.
From the Star Trek: Next Generation, second season card series by SkyBox International Inc.:
S7 qIvo'rIt pagh'e' K'Vort Class Pagh
qIvo'rIt toQDuj 'oH tlhIngan wo' Duj pagh'e'. ra' qarghan HoD. DujvamDaq tlhIngan nuH tu'lu'bogh pov law' Hoch pov puS 'ej DujvamDaq 'op SuvwI' tu'lu'bogh po' law' tlhIngan yo' SuvwI' law' po' puS.
The Imperial Klingon Vessel Pagh is a K'vort-class Bird-of-Prey under the command of Captain Kargan. It has the best weapons and some of the finest warriors in the Klingon fleet.
qurgh - The images below, and the text between them, were not in the original HolQeD article.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
The Klingon ship pagh is a K'vort class Bird-of-Prey. Captain Kargan commands it. On this ship the Klingon weapons that one finds are the most excellent and on this ship some of the warriors that one finds are more skilled that many of the Klingon fleet's warriors.
S8 Bat'telh Klingon Sword of Honor
qaStaHvIS wa'maH puq poHmey wo'rIv betleH ghaj qorDu'Daj. nuja' tlhIngan wIch ja'wI'pu' yIntaHvIS qeylIS'e' lIjlaHbe'bogh vay' batlh 'etlhvam chenmoHlu'pu'.
Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. According to Klingon legend this sword of honor descends from the time of Kahless the Unforgettable.
qurgh - The images below, and the text between them, were not in the original HolQeD article.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
While ten generations (child time-periods) happens, his family has Worf's bat'leth. Klingon myth tellers tell us, while Kahless that someone is not able to forget is alive one cause this sword of honor to be formed.
S9 qaSDI' nenghep Age of Ascension
qaSDI' nenghep qa' patlh chu' chav tlhIngan SuvwI'. poSDaq nIHDaq je QamtaHvIS SuvwI'pu'. chaH jojDaq yItnIS lopwI'. luchovmeH 'oy'naQmey lo'.
The Age of Ascension marks a new level of spiritual attainment by a Klingon warrior. The initiate must pass through a gauntlet of warriors who test him with painsticks.
qurgh - The images below, and the text between them, were not in the original HolQeD article.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
And from the Star Trek: Next Generation, third season card series by SkyBox International Inc.:
S13 tlhIngan qorDu' potlh Klingon Family Values
qorDu' lurDechmeyna' pab tlhInganpu'. qorDu' SaHlu'chugh 'ej matlhlu'chugh vaj wa' tlhIngan ghob potlhqu'. tlhIngan qorDu' pong potlh law' Hoch potlh puS.
With strong family traditions devotion and loyalty to family is one of the most important Klingon virtues. Above all the Klingon family name is highly valued.
qurgh - The images below, and the text between them, were not in the original HolQeD article.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
S14 tlhIngan nISwI' beH Klingon Disruptor Rifle
nISwI' HIch motlh HoS Hal qengwI' naQ tIq je lurarlu'bogh 'oH tlhIngan nISwI' beH'e'. SuvwI' vI' Dub naQvam 'ej ray' HopDaq bachlu'meH chuqna' ghurmoH naQvam.
The Klingon disruptor rifle is a standard hand held disruptor, attached to an extended power supply stock. This serves to steady the aim of a warrior and increase the effective range for distance targeting.
qurgh - The images below, and the text between them, were not in the original HolQeD article.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
S15 tlhIngan may'Duj. qItI'nga'' Klingon Battlecruiser K'Tinga-Class
wa'DIch tlhIngan Duj.mey luleghlu'pu'bogh rur qItI'nga' Duj. tera' vatlh DIS poH cha'maH wej HochHom lo'lu'taH. tera' vatlh DISpoH cha'maH loS bong QongmeH qItI'nga'' Duj. tI'ang ghompu' DIvI' 'ejDo' 'entepray'.
Similar in configuration to the first Klingon vessels encountered the K'Tinga-Class remained in use for most of the 23rd century. A sleeper ship of this class the T'Ong was encountered in the 24th century by the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Below is a literal translation of the Klingon on the card:
And while these cards will surely bring us insights questions and much discussion in the months ahead one issue the question about how to use the conjunction je with more than two nouns is laid to rest by the copyright notice on all these cards:
™ ® & © 1995 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. STAR TREK AND RELATED MARKS ARE TRADEMARKS OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL INC. AUTHORIZED USER.
™ ® © je tera' DIS wa'-Hut-Hut-loS Paramount Pictures. {Hoch SeH. Paramount Pictures malja' permey bIH Star Trek pong'e' Deghmey'e' je'. bIH lo' SkyBox International Inc. 'e' chaw.