Posted on 03/09/2007 7:36:59 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek.
"Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves."
He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colours, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18.
Non-warriors can also access the site, www.kasvi.org, in English, Swedish and Finnish.
Ping!
Its Finland. They should address Finns in a language they can understand, like Latin....
Qapla' batlh je!
Well, that's close anyways....
I will admit to owning a Klingon dictionary....but I didn't go find it for this story.
That comes in handy in Idaho.
You might find this interesting
But I got it in New Orleans, where you never know....
Beat me to it. I was going to remark something about not being surprising, since the Finns broadcast the news in Latin.
Still, I'd have thought Quenya or Sindarin would be a more appropriate made-up language for a Green candidate than Klingon.
BAH! You have the ridges of a ... politician!
This guy is late to the game.
(Former) Freeper DarthSidious already went there, done that, came back with a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLi5B0Iefsk
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